SUR-051531: Post medieval coin: Coin of Louis XIV

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COIN

Unique ID: SUR-051531

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A very worn silver 4 sols 2 deniers coin of Louis XIV, 1691-1700, bent into a S-shape (and presumed to be intended as a love token).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1691
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.12 g
Diameter: 19.57 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 13-356

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Ruler/issuer: Louis XIV of France
Obverse inscription: [LVD XIII DG FR ET NAV REX]
Reverse inscription: DOM[INE] SALVVM FAC REGGM]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Fernham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU2990
Four figure Latitude: 51.608093
Four figure longitude: -1.582625
1:25K map: SU2990
1:10K map: SU29SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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