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Unique ID: IOW-BBBAF7
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy Peter II 5 Reis coin, c.AD 1699-1703.
Obverse: Crowned initials (P II) with quatrefoil beneath. Inscription: D G PORT ET ALG REX
Reverse: V within wreath. Inscription: VTILITATI PVBLICÆ
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1699
Date to: Circa AD 1703
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 5.06 g
Diameter: 31 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Ruler/issuer: Peter II of Portugal
Type: copper coin of the post-medieval Kings of Portugal
Obverse description: Crowned initials (P II) with quatrefoil beneath.
Obverse inscription: D G PORT ET ALG REX
Reverse description: V within wreath.
Reverse inscription: VTILITATI PVBLICÆ
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
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Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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