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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-8005A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, slightly bent and very worn Medieval silver French Chatel Tournois denier tournois of Louis IX of France (1245-1270). Initial mark: cross pattée.
Obverse: +LVDOVICVS REX; Cross pattée.
Reverse: +TVRONVS CIVIS; Chatel Tournois.
Diameter: 18.0mm. Weight: 0.73g. DA=12:11.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1245
Date to: Circa AD 1270
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.73 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th May 2018 - Sunday 20th May 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-1-169
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Louis IX of France
Type: French: Denier of Louis IX
Obverse description: Cross pattée
Obverse inscription: +LVDOVICVS REX
Reverse description: Chatel Tournois
Reverse inscription: +TVRONVS CIVIS
Initial mark: Cross pattée
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
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
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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