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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-B0A962
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Notes:
One of five similar Spanish coins, all two maravedi pieces of two slightly different types of Carlos and Joanna who ruled Spain during the minority of her son Carlos I (Emperor Charles V). All the coins probably minted in Mexico or Cuba (San Domingo) between 1506-16 during minority of Emperor Charles V.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1506
Date to: AD 1516
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.02 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Category: Non English coin
Obverse description: Crowned Pillars of Hercules, 8 to left, ? to right
Reverse description: Ornate V, ?C to left, triangle to right
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Kington St. Michael (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8977
Four figure Latitude: 51.491836
Four figure longitude: -2.159831
1:25K map: ST8977
1:10K map: ST87NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castan, C. and Cayan, J.R. | 1983 | Las Monedas Espa | Madrid | Type 9 |
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