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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-D660A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn and corroded post-medieval French liard of Louis XIV (1643-1715), mint uncertain, dating to 1655-1715.
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 1655
Date to: Circa AD 1715
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.56 g
Diameter: 21.9 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 454
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Liard
Ruler/issuer: Louis XIV of France
Type: French: Liard (copper) of Louis XIV
Obverse description: [Crowned and draped] bust of Louis XIV facing right.
Obverse inscription: [L . XIIII . ROY . DE . FR . ET . DE . NA 16xx]
Reverse description: Value above three fleurs-de-lis; mint mark within.
LIARD / D[E] / FRA[N]C[E] / [mm.]
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: New Forest (District)
To be known as: Damerham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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