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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-EB219A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete and corroded post-Medieval Portuguese copper-alloy 10-reis, possibly dated 1754 on coin.
Obverse: Crowned arms; [ ]DEI·GRATIA
Reverse: PORTUGALIÆ·ET·ALGARBIORUM·REX; Large X within wreath with date below [ ]54
Diameter: 34.0mm. Weight: 10.17g. DA=12:12.
The coin has been deliberately dented and possibly deliberately bent.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1754
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 10.17 g
Diameter: 34 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd June 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-2-320
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Obverse description: Crowned arms
Obverse inscription: [ ]DEI•GRATIA
Reverse description: Large X within wreath with date below [ ]54
Reverse inscription: PORTUGALIÆ•ET•ALGARBIORUM•REX
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
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: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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