Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-4CF6EE
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete contemporary copy of a gold 6400 Reis (equivalent to 4 Escudos or 1 Peca) of Joseph I of Portugal and the Algarves, issued in AD 1755 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Diameter: 31.8 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 12.6 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1755
Date to: Circa AD 1755
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 12.6 g
Diameter: 31.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 18th September 2014
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Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: 4 escudos
Obverse description: Laureate bust right. Date & R beneath bust.
Obverse inscription: JOSEPHVS I D G PORT ET ALG REX
Reverse description: Crowned arms of Portugal
Reverse inscription: -
Initial mark: R - Rio de Janeiro
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SJ9652
Four figure Latitude: 53.06522651
Four figure longitude: -2.06114301
1:25K map: SJ9652
1:10K map: SJ95SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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