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Unique ID: WILT-9DD076
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An incomplete silver post-medieval sol de guerre of Antione, Duke of Lorraine (1508-44), mint: Nancy (France). Ref: Saulcy 1841: 116, pl.XIV no. 14.
The coin is clipped and broken, missing a portion of the flan. There are two substantial cracks running across the coin.
ref: de Saulcy, F (1841), Recherches sur les monnaies des ducs héréditaires de Lorraine (Metz)
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1508
Date to: Exactly AD 1544
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.74 g
Diameter: 17.05 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4442
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Obverse description: Crowned shield of Lorraine and Bar
Obverse inscription: [ANTH]O[N D G] CALA[BR. LOT]
Reverse description: Sword pointing downwards, dividing inscription
Reverse inscription: [MON]ETA / FA[CT]A NANCEI
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Near Devizes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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