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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-798500
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy three reis of Juan V (1706-1750) of Portugal, dated to 1724 on reverse.
Obverse: [IOANNES V DEI GRATIA, crowned shield with arms of Portugal] Reverse: PORT[UGALIAE ET ALGA]RBIO[RUM REX], III over 1724 within wreath
For type: C.M. Almeida do Amaral, Catalogo descritivo das moedas Portuguesas ... ,Tomo II (1984), 3227ff. (Edward Besly pers comm)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1724
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.91 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 16th October 2010 - Saturday 23rd October 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: John V of Portugal
Type: copper coin of the post-medieval Kings of Portugal
Obverse description: [crowned shield with arms of Portugal]
Obverse inscription: [IOANNES V DEI GRATIA]
Reverse description: III above 1724 within wreath
Reverse inscription: PORT[UGALIAE ET ALGA]RBIO[RUM REX]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Goran (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX0042
Four figure Latitude: 50.24407
Four figure longitude: -4.806377
1:25K map: SX0042
1:10K map: SX02SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almeida do Amaral, C.M. | 1977 | Catálogo Descritivo das Moedas Portuguesas (nas coleções do) Museu Numismático Portugûes | Lisbon | Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda | Tomo II, | 3227ff |
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