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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-64C8B8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, slightly chipped, clipped, and cracked, medieval silver hammered chinfrão, or half reale grosso, of King Afonso V of Portugal (AD 1438-1481). Uncertain mint.
Obverse: Crowned letter 'A' with an initial beneath it, possibly an 'L'. Pellets either side.
Obverse inscription: Possibly 'ALFONSVS QVINTI REGIS:P' or similar.
Reverse: Within a circle the Portgugese coat of arms, the quinas: five eschutcheons crosswise the dexter and sinister ones pointing to the centre, each semée of plates. So, five shields in the shape of a cross, the left and right ones pointing towards the centre shield forming a cross. Each shield bears five annulets.
Reverse inscription: Possibly 'ADIVTORVM NOSTRVM: IN:N' or similar.
It measures 20.34mm in diameter, 0.68mm in thickness, and weighs 1.12g. Die axis: 11 o'clock.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1438
Date to: Circa AD 1481
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.68 mm
Weight: 1.12 g
Diameter: 20.34 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Chinfrão
Ruler/issuer: Afonso V of Portugal
Type: Silver half real or chinfrão
Obverse description: Crowned letter 'A' with an initial beneath it, possibly an 'L'. Pellets either side.
Obverse inscription: Possibly 'ALFONSVS QVINTI REGIS:P' or similar.
Reverse description: Within a circle the Portgugese coat of arms, the quinas: five eschutcheons crosswise the dexter and sinister ones pointing to the centre, each semée of plates. So, five shields in the shape of a cross, the left and right ones pointing towards the centre shield forming a cross. Each shield bears five annulets.
Reverse inscription: Possibly 'ADIVTORVM NOSTRVM: IN:N' or similar.
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Lancaster (District)
To be known as: Near Warton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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