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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-9776C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A probably incomplete post-medieval copper alloy coin of Portuguese origin and uncertain denomination and ruler, its edges apparently clipped and the inscription missing. A small section of inscription is visible on the obverse, the design of which is apparently offset a little from the reverse design. The inscription appears as the bottom half of VV or W, or perhaps just the bottom half of two upright letters.
Marion Archibald, Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum, commented of this coin in 1978, 'This is certainly Portuguese : the fleured arms of this form with the annulets in the angles is a very well-attested Portuguese type, often found on the coins. The latter however always have some inscription however curtailed and I have not traced any published reference to this piece.... That it is Portuguese I am certain and of the 16th-17th centuries'.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.91 g
Diameter: 14.9 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 254
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Obverse description: Perhaps a bust right, two pellets behind, within a border of pellets.
Obverse inscription: Possible V V or W
Reverse description: Cross fleury, annulet in each quarter, within a border of pellets.
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
Parish or ward: Alton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7238
Four figure Latitude: 51.13675443
Four figure longitude: -0.97228396
1:25K map: SU7238
1:10K map: SU73NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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