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Unique ID: PUBLIC-D20D46
Object type certainty: Certain
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A late Medieval to early Post Medieval silver coin - probably a half real of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain dating to the period AD 1474 - AD 1504. Uncertain mint. The coin is heavily worn and split and the reverse is totally illegible. It may have been clipped. The overall dimensions are as follows:17.41mm in diameter; 0.36mm in thickness; and 0.81g in weight.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1474
Date to: Circa AD 1504
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.36 mm
Weight: 0.81 g
Diameter: 17.41 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th October 2017
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Half real
Ruler/issuer: Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Type: Spain: Silver half real of Ferdinand and Isabella (Clemente and Cayon 2538-2614)
Obverse description: Yoke of Castille, with mintmark, now illegible below.
Obverse inscription: [+FERDINANDVS ET ELIZABET]
Reverse description: Bundle of arrows overlain with yoke motif and annulet to each side
Reverse inscription: [+REX ET REGINA CASTELE GION]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TR2950
Four figure Latitude: 51.2032846
Four figure longitude: 1.27677095
1:25K map: TR2950
1:10K map: TR25SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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