Rights Holder: Bristol City Council
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Unique ID: GLO-F58927
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver milled two pence of Charles II
Date 1680
Diameter 14mm, weight 0.98g
Obverse: Laureate & draped bust facing right
Obverse inscription: CAROLVS . II . DEI . GRATIA
Reverse: around two interlinked Cs, crowned
Reverse inscription: MAG . BR . FRA . ET . HIB . REX 16-80
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1680
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.98 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Monday 1st April 2013
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Twopence
Ruler/issuer: Charles II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Modern
Type: Twopence: Charles II (S 3387 - 3388)
Obverse description: Laureate & draped bust facing right
Obverse inscription: CAROLVS . II . DEI . GRATIA
Reverse description: around two interlinked Cs, crowned
Reverse inscription: MAG . BR . FRA . ET . HIB . REX 16-80
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: ST6681
Four figure Latitude: 51.526881
Four figure longitude: -2.491492
1:25K map: ST6681
1:10K map: ST68SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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