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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-EB9211
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper double tournois of Louis XIII of France, dated 1615. Paris mint. Diameter 20mm. Weight 1.69g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1615
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.69 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2004-39-2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Double (copper)
Ruler/issuer: Louis XIII of France
Type: French: Double tournois (copper) of Louis XIII
Obverse description: Bust facing right with surrounding legend which is largely illegible.
Reverse description: Three fleur de lys (two over one)within a circle surrounded by legend, largely illegible.
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
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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