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Unique ID: DENO-14BDE1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Silver half real or chinfrão of Afonso V of Portugal, (1438-1481). The coin is clipped and worn.
Obverse inscription: ALFONSVS QVINTI REGIS PORT; Large crown with a monogrammed AL beneath, with an annulet on each side.
Reverse inscription: ADIVTORIVM NOSTRUM IN NO; Five shields arranged as a cross with five pellets in each shield.
Minted 1438-1481AD.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1438
Date to: Circa AD 1481
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 18.82 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2012 - Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Other reference: Derby E7690
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Ruler/issuer: Afonso V of Portugal
Type: Silver half real or chinfrão
Obverse description: Large crown with a monogrammed AL beneath, with an annulet on each side.
Obverse inscription: ADIVTOR[IVM ]NOSTRV[M] IN NO (Ns retrograde)
Reverse description: Five shields arranged as a cross with five pellets in each shield.
Reverse inscription: [ALFONSVS Q]VINTI REGIS [PORT]
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.
Find number: LVPL-CA6E97
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Silver half real or chinfrão of Afonso V of Portugal, (1438-1481).
Obverse inscription: (ALFONSVS QVINTI REGIS PORT); Large crown with a mo…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
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Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Silver 'half real' or 'chinfrao' of Alphonse V of Portugal 1438-1481. The obverse shows a large crown with a monogrammed AL beneath, with an …
Workflow: Published
Find number: NMS-F0D41C
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Clipped silver chinfrao, or half reale grosso of Alfonso V of Portugal. Obverse; crowned A with L beneath, annulets either side; Inscription:…
Workflow: Awaiting validation