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Coin | SUR-32DED8 |
Post medieval | Surrey |
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| A Portuguese copper alloy coin of uncertain denomination, dated 1714 and issued under Joao V (1706-1750). The coin has been bent slightly into an S. | |||||
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Coin | IOW-562824 |
Medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| A Portuguese Medieval copper-alloy ceitil, probably of Alfonso V (1438-1477 AD), worth one sixth of a real. Obverse: [ ]; Castle Reverse: [ ]; Shield | |||||
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Coin weight | SWYOR-1E2CB2 |
Post medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| A copper alloy coin weight dating from about 1740 - 1780. It is marked "S / 36" on both faces and was for measuring a Portuguese 4 escudos, known in England as a Johannes or Joe. The coin weight is circular with a beaded border. See Lions, Ships and Angels page 53 - 55. | |||||
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Coin | ESS-C8CAC2 |
Post medieval | Suffolk |
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| Post Medieval gold plated coin with central piercing. Obv: PETRVS.II.D[...]ET.ALG.REX Rev: IN+HOC+SIGNO+VINCES+1689 Diam: 29.40 Wt: 9.25 g Barrie Cook from the British Museum comments: "This is almost certainly a case of a silver coin gilded to turn it into a gold one, then identified as a c... | |||||
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Coin weight | IOW-A6BA66 |
Post medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| A post-Medieval coin weight for a Portuguese escudo, worth 9s. This particular weight is characterised by a crown with G - R at its sides and the value in words (NINE/SHILLING) below, with a flower below that. On the reverse a number 9 and there would have been letters CW with a tiny crown above... | |||||
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Coin weight | SUR-EE6003 |
Post medieval | Buckinghamshire |
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| A very worn 18th century circular coin weight for Portuguese gold coins. The weight shows a value of 10s 6d. | |||||
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Coin | IOW-F034D7 |
Post medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| A Portuguese post-Medieval meio (half-) tostão dating from the Spanish occupation of 1580-1640 - Philip ( I [= II of Spain, 1580-98]; II [= III of Spain, 1598-1621] or III [=IV of Spain, 1621-40]), countermarked to value at 60 reis under João (John) IV, o Restaurador, 1640-56, under regulations... | |||||
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Coin | IOW-4CAF35 |
Post medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| A clipped post-Medieval Portuguese 200 Reis of John IV (1640-1656), minted at Oporto. [ ]S IIII D G REX PORT VGA LIE; Crowned shield, 200 at side. IN. HOC.SIGNO.VINCES; Voided cross pattée with a P in each angle for Porto (Oporto). | |||||
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Currency bar | SWYOR-C24C11 |
Post medieval | Lincolnshire |
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| A 'manilla': a penannular copper alloy ring with flared terminals, used as currency in West African countries and associated with the slave trade. The ring is solid cast with a circular cross section. The flared ends are pointed ovals, slightly offset and very slightly convex. It is 59.8mm lo... | |||||
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Jetton | PUBLIC-C85DE7 |
Medieval | Pembrokeshire |
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| Medieval copper alloy jetton, probably early 15th century Portuguese; obv: +AVE MARIA GRACIA .PL 'quinas', quartered with roses Rev: similar, plain cross with roses | |||||
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Coin weight | FAKL-7DD632 |
Modern | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
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| Copper alloy weight for a nine shilling coin of the Portuguese Johannes series, Circular, both faces baring the inscription 'S//9//2.7/4' | |||||
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Coin weight | SUR-C4C835 |
Post medieval | Berkshire |
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| A circular double-sided brass coin weight for weighing the 8 escudos gold Portuguese double Johannes (or moidore). Both sides bear the stamps £3 12s and three sexfoils. | |||||
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Coin | CORN-A3BEA1 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Silver Portuguese 20 reis of Jose I, (1706-77), no date. The Portuguese counterpart to the Spanish quarter real. | |||||
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Coin weight | DUR-F817C1 |
Post medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| Post Medieval cast copper alloy coin weight. It is circular in plan with writing in relief on both faces. Obverse; S * D/ 13 . 6/ 3 * 11 Reverse- 13/ SHILLING/ _ 6 Around 1760 to 1773, British makers made sets of weights to weigh the Portuguese moidore and 'joe' series of gold coins; the guinea, ... | |||||
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Coin weight | YORYM-1296A5 |
Post medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| A complete cast copper alloy coin weight of post-medieval date. The weight is a unifaced square stamped with a cross with an annulet in each quarter surrounded by a circular beaded border. This weight is used for Portuguese coins. The metal is a dark blackish-brown colour and is slightly worn. Th... | |||||
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Coin weight | DEV-38C066 |
Post medieval | Devon |
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| Post-medieval cast copper alloy weight for a Portuguese gold quarter. Moidore 1740-70. Marked 'S D 6.9' - the value in English. Same stamp on both sides. | |||||
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Coin | HAMP-D48902 |
Post medieval | Hampshire |
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| A worn and corroded 18th-century copper-alloy post-medieval Portuguese 10 reis piece of Joannes (John) V of Portugal (1706-1750) dated 1721 AD (KM# 191) | |||||
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Coin | CORN-B97730 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Fragment of a silver 8 reales, or 'bit' or 'Piece of Eight', of Carlos III (1759-1788) or Carlos IV (1788-1808) of Spain, but with this particular obverse and reverse, it must date to c.1772-1790. The obverse retains 17, but the rest of the date is missing, and the reverse is stamped with the pla... | |||||
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Coin weight | IOW-86EDA4 |
Post medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| A post-Medieval double-sided copper-alloy coin weight for a Portuguese escudo, also known as a quarter joe, worth 9 shillings at the time. The weight was in use from some time after 1740 until certainly 1772, and possibly a bit beyond that. Obverse: 9/SHILLS/W within a beaded circular border. ... | |||||
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Coin weight | FAKL-D1F808 |
Modern | West Yorkshire |
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| Copper alloy coin weight for a Portuguese gold 'Moidore' | |||||
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Coin weight | BERK-466957 |
Post medieval | Hampshire |
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| A disk-shaped cast copper alloy coin weight stamped 13:6 on each face. This would have been one in a set of weights to weigh Portuguese moidore and 'Joe' series of gold coins and dates from between c. AD 1760 - 1773. These coins were common in England as well as the West Indies and other countrie... | |||||
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Coin | HAMP-38F4E4 |
Post medieval | Hampshire |
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| A highly worn post-medieval silver coin: an early 18th-century Portuguese 80 reis piece of Pedro II, uncertain mint, dated 1700. This coin has been bent twice after the manner of a love token, with an S-shaped profile. It has been perforated for suspension, probably as a jewellery item: at just o... | |||||
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Coin | SUR-032A92 |
Modern | Berkshire |
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| A Portuguese copper alloy coin of Phillip III and Mary I, reigned 1717-86; the sides have been hammered to create an upstanding rim on both sides. Obv: MARIA ET PETRVS III DEI GRATIA/ Coat of Arms Rev: PORTVGALIA ET ALGARBIORVM REGES/ [17]85 divided by X within wreath | |||||
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Bead | LON-7686A2 |
Post medieval | Greater London |
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| A Post Medieval - Modern glass African trade bead dating to the 16th - 20th century. This large bead is a double chamfered cylinder disc - in the centre the cross-section is circular whilst at both ends the cross-section changes to become octagonal. There is a single perforation extending alon... | |||||
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Coin | SUR-3E34E4 |
Post medieval | Surrey |
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| A very worn foreign silver coin, possibly a testao of Portuguese origin. | |||||
| Coin weight | SWYOR-409854 |
Post medieval |
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| A copper alloy coin weight dating from the 18th century. It is marked: "S D / 5 & 3 / 1 • 8" on both faces, meaning five shillings and three pence; one pennyweight and eight grains. This weight would have been part of a series used between 1760 and 1773 to weight the Portuguese moidore and "joe... | |||||
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Coin weight | DENO-84B3C3 |
Post medieval | Nottinghamshire |
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| Post medieval cast copper alloy coin weight marked 13s 6d, for weighing the Portuguese moidore and 'joe' gold coins, 1760-1773. Thickness 3.33mm, diameter 16.5mm, weight 5.14g see Withers, P. and Withers, B. R., "Lions Ships and Angels", pp.52-3 | |||||
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Currency | SUSS-2F8013 |
Post medieval | West Sussex |
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| An incomplete ‘manilla’: a penannular copper alloy ring with flared terminals, used as currency with West African countries and associated with the slave trade. The ring is solid cast with a circular cross section and about one third remains, the rest is lost to an old break. The flared ends ... | |||||
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Coin | SWYOR-D03673 |
Medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| A corroded copper-alloy medieval Portuguese coin; a ceitil of Duarte I (1433 – 1438) minted in Lisbon. It is 21.3 mm in diameter and 0.7mm thick. It weighs 0.68gm. The coin is very thin and corroded probably because it was found on a beach. See C.M. Almeida do Amaral, Catalogo descritivo das mo... | |||||
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Coin | SUR-6FB5F5 |
Post medieval | Wiltshire |
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| A Portuguese vintem of King Manuel (1495-1521), struck at Lisbon. | |||||
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