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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-E3B2C8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn silver 'cob'. Charles II 8 real piece (piece of eight) dated 1669. Mint of Potosi (Bolivia).
Reference: Calico et al. (1982, 192; no. 249)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1669
Date to: Exactly AD 1669
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.6 g
Diameter: 20.5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: No.4
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: 8 reales
Ruler/issuer: Charles II of Spain
Type: Spain: silver 8 reales of Charles II (Clemente and Cayon 7531-7718)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: [ ]
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: [ ]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Norton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5863
Four figure Latitude: 52.26211521
Four figure longitude: -1.15160664
1:25K map: SP5863
1:10K map: SP56SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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