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Unique ID: IOW-34F659
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete, worn and bent post-Medieval copper-alloy duit of Gelderland, provinces of the Netherlands, dated 1760 on coin.
Obverse: IN DEO EST SPES NOSTRA; Crowned arms of Gelderland (two lions rampant, facing, within square shield)
Reverse: *D*/GEL/RIÆ/1760 (in four lines) within baroque cartouche
Mark below 1760.
Diameter: 22.0mm. Weight: 2.18g. DA=12:12.
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1760
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.18 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd November 2014
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Other reference: IOW2014-2-483
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Duit
Ruler/issuer: Republic of the United Netherlands
Mint or issue place: Gelderland
Type: Republic of the United Netherlands: copper duit
Obverse description: Crowned arms of Gelderland (two lions rampant, facing, within square shield)
Obverse inscription: IN DEO EST SPES NOSTRA
Reverse description: *D*/GEL/RIÆ/1760 (in four lines) within baroque cartouche
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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