WAW-87FAF9: Medieval to Post Medieval Venetian soldino (Obverse and reverse).

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COIN

Unique ID: WAW-87FAF9

Object type certainty: Certain
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Medieval coin: silver Venetian soldino of Agostin Barbarigo, Lorendan or Gritti, dating from AD 1486 - 1538, minted in Venice. The coin is crumpleted around the edges.

Soldinios were known as the galyhalpens (galley-halfpence) as it was brought by the annual Venetian trading fleets. The soldino was about the size of English halfpennies and was popular because of a contemporary lack of small change: soldini in fact occur as English finds more often than proper halfpennies of the period.

Coins of Barbarigo are rarely found except for along the south coast of England (Daubney, unpublished, Identifying late Medieval Venetian coins), so this is an unusual discovery for Worcestershire.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1486
Date to: Exactly AD 1538

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.2 g
Diameter: 12.09 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th July 2017 - Thursday 26th October 2017

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Soldino
Mint or issue place: Venice
Obverse description: Not visible due to abrasion.
Obverse inscription: Illegible due to abrasion.
Reverse description: Standing figure of Christ with a halo and holding a cross.
Reverse inscription: [LAVS] TI[BI] SOLI
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Warwick (District)
Parish or ward: Weston under Wetherley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP3568
Four figure Latitude: 52.30900437
Four figure longitude: -1.48806483
1:25K map: SP3568
1:10K map: SP36NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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