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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-7D06C8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy liard of Charles II (AD1661-1700) of the Spanish Neatherlands, Brabant.
Obverse: (CAROL II HISP ET INDIARUM REX); fire iron (Burgundy) surrounded in cruciform by a crown and the arms of Burgundy (right), Flanders (below) and Austria (left).
Reverse: (ARCHIDVX AVSTRIAE DVX BVRGVNDIAE COMITVS FLANDRIAE; [..]9(3) crowned Spanish Habsburg arms, crown splitting date.
AD169(3).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1693
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.6 g
Diameter: 29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Liard
Obverse description: Fire iron (Burgundy) surrounded in cruciform by a crown and the arms of Burgundy (right), Flanders (below) and Austria (left).
Obverse inscription: (CAROL II HISP ET INDIARUM REX)
Reverse description: Crowned Spanish Habsburg arms, crown splitting date.
AD169(3).
Reverse inscription: (ARCHIDVX AVSTRIAE DVX BVRGVNDIAE COMITVS FLANDRIAE; [..]9(3)
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Collingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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