Rights Holder: Surrey County Council
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Unique ID: SUR-422962
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Notes:
Portuguese gold coins were in common use in early to mid 18th century England and there are lots of documentary references to this, plus lots of English coin weights for these coins. However, actual coins themselves are not that common as finds - though you could say the same about the contemporary Hanoverian guineas.
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1717
Date to: AD 1717
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.34 g
Diameter: 18.75 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2008
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Other reference: 08.1067
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Denomination: Uncertain
Category: Non English coin
Obverse description: Crown over coat of arms
Obverse inscription: JOANNVS V DG P[OR]ALG REX
Reverse description: Portuguese cross
Reverse inscription: IN HOC[...]GNO VIN[...]S 1717
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU7355
Four figure Latitude: 51.289465
Four figure longitude: -0.954539
1:25K map: SU7355
1:10K map: SU75NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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