Rights Holder: Hampshire Cultural Trust
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Unique ID: HAMP-A9C9FD
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A late medieval to early post-medieval silver 1-real piece of Ferdinand V and Isabella I of Spain (AD 1474-1504), mint of Seville.
Notes:
Similar coins on the database are WILT-8D37C4, ESS-B9DB11, IOW-25EE66 and LON-F50C15. Of the latter the author writes 'Edward Besly of the National Museum and Gallery of Wales writes,"As far as I understand, they are very difficult to date because production continued long after their deaths (1516 [F] and 1504 [I]) towards the middle of the sixteenth century. They were made legal tender under Philip and Mary (1554-8) but Elizabeth promptly banned them. However, they continued to be used well into the seventeenth century and very worn ones occasionally turn up in Civil War hoards" '.
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1474
Date to: Circa AD 1504
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.28 g
Diameter: 26.1 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th August 2017 - Saturday 19th August 2017
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Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 708
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Real
Ruler/issuer: Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Obverse description: Isabella of Castille's arms - quartered arms of a Castille (a castle) and Leon (a lion), quartered with Aragon's arms (stripes of gold & red) and Sicily (quartered on the diagonal arms of Aragon with the Sicilian black eagle). At the base of the shield is a pomegranate of Granada.
Obverse inscription: FERDI[NAN]DV[S ET ELI]SAB: (with double-annulet stop)
Reverse description: King's device (a yoke) with Queens device (a sheaf of seven arrows). S to one side, two stars to the other.
Reverse inscription: [...]REGI[...]STELE[...]ON.ARAGO[...] (with annulet stop)
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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