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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-AD3A03
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Clipped fragment of a silver 2 reales of Philip IV (1621-1665) of Spain, with a pellet above a letter 'M' to the left of the shield on the obverse and an internal cross pattee within the tressure of arches on the reverse, which suggests a Mexican mint like an example illustrated in Cayon (2005) on page 659, No.80.
Evidence of reuse: clipped to re-use silver
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1621
Date to: Circa AD 1665
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 6.66 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 15th August 2012 - Wednesday 15th August 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: 2 reales - 5 sueldos
Ruler/issuer: Phillip IV of Spain
Type: Spain: silver 2 reales - 5 sueldos of Phillip IV (Clemente and Cayon 5825-5984)
Obverse description: part of Spanish coat of arms in square shield with alternating lion rampant and castle in top left quarter and pellet above letter M to left
Obverse inscription: missing
Reverse inscription: missing
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
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: Sennen (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW3725
Four figure Latitude: 50.066824
Four figure longitude: -5.676521
1:25K map: SW3725
1:10K map: SW35NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayon, A.C. and J. Clemente | 2005 | Las Monedas Espanolas | Madrid | Cayon-Jano S.L. | 659, | No.80 |
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