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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-14E016
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A clipped post Medieval gold 1-escudo of Joanna, Queen of Castile and Aragon (Joan the Mad) and Charles V (Charles I of Spain), 1516-1555. Minted at Seville.
Obverse: Arms of Castile ('square with a tail' motif to left, [S] to right); [IOANA] ET [KAR] OLVS
Reverse: [HISPANIA] RVM REGES SICIL; Cross pattee within a four-arched tressure; fleur on each cusp; an annulet in each outer angle
Diameter: 21.3mm. Weight: 3.38g. DA=12:12
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1516
Date to: Exactly AD 1555
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.38 g
Diameter: 21.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th October 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-2-411
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Obverse description: Arms of Castile ('square with a tail' motif to left, [S] to right)
Obverse inscription: [IOANA] ET [KAR] OLVS
Reverse description: Cross pattee within a four-arched tressure; fleur on each cusp; an annulet in each outer angle
Reverse inscription: [HISPANIA] RVM REGES SICIL
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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