COIN

Unique ID: LANCUM-B514C4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Notes:

Foreign gold coins are rare stray finds in Britain, and this is the first find of a Spanish gold coin recorded by the PAS from Lancashire.

Images of the object were kindly provided by the finder.

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1535
Date to: Circa AD 1556

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 6.03 g
Diameter: 24.1 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: escudo-double principat-double ducado
Ruler/issuer: Joanna and Charles of Spain
Type: Spain: Gold escudo - double principat - double ducado of Joanna and Charles (Clemente and Cayon 3135-3163)
Obverse description: Cross of Jerusalem within a quatrefoil, with inverted leaf terminals, within a pelleted border. Legend around the outside.
Obverse inscription: + HISPANIARVM o REGES o SICILIE
Reverse description: Within a beaded circle, the a crowned squared shield containing the Habsburg arms of Spain (Castile, Leon, Aragon, Granada, Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem). Shield is flanked by an 'S' to the observer's left, and a '*' [Star] to the right. Legend around the outside.
Reverse inscription: IOANNA o ET o KAROLVS o
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine