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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-732FA6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete and worn post-Medieval French silver douzain, probably of seventeenth century date.
Obverse: [ ]T.P[ ]; Crowned shield with a countermark (fleur-de-lis)
Reverse: SIT NO[MIN DNI B[ENED[ICTVM]; Long cross pattée with a crown in each angle
Diameter: 24.3mm. Weight: 1.29g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.29 g
Diameter: 24.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2013-5-203
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Douzain
Obverse description: Crowned shield with a countermark (fleur-de-lis)
Obverse inscription: [ ]T.P[ ]
Reverse description: Long cross pattée with a crown in each angle
Reverse inscription: SIT NO[MIN DNI B[ENED[ICTVM]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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