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A post-medieval copper(-alloy) double tournois of Louis XIII of France (1610-1643), dated 1619 (on coin). Mint of Bordeaux. Cuhaj and Thomas (2014, 206) ref. KM# 61.5.
Dimensions: diameter: 19.94mm; thickness: 1.07mm; weight: 2.21g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1619
Date to: Exactly AD 1619
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.07 mm
Weight: 2.21 g
Diameter: 19.94 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th November 2015
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Primary material: Copper
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Double tournois (copper)
Ruler/issuer: Louis XIII of France
Mint or issue place: Bordeaux
Type: French: Double tournois (copper) of Louis XIII
Obverse description: Laureate and draped bust facing right
Obverse inscription: LOVIS . XIII . R. DE . FRAN. ET . NAS. K .
Reverse description: Three fleur-de-lis arranged two above one
Reverse inscription: DOVBLE . TOVRNOIS . 1619
Initial mark: cross
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TQ3580
Four figure Latitude: 51.50281974
Four figure longitude: -0.05635779
1:25K map: TQ3580
1:10K map: TQ38SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Krause, C.L. and Mishler, C. | 1979 | Standard Catalog of World Coins | Iola | Krause Publications | 206 | KM# 61.5 |