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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-C9C0C1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete silver venetian soldino of Doge Nicolo Tron
Dating to the period AD 1471-1473
The Venetian soldino circulated unofficially as halfpennies in England during the early 15th and 16th centuries due to a lack of small change in circulation at the time, they were nicknamed galleyhalpens or galley halfpence after the galley-men who imported them, the merchants on the venetian galley fleet who came to England each summer.
The two main influxes of soldini
first under Doge Michele Steno (1400-1413)
second under Doge Loredan (1501-1521)
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: abergele
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1471
Date to: Exactly AD 1473
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 3 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Diameter: 11.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: maes y groes
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wrexham (Unitary Authority)
District: Wrexham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bronington (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ5042
Four figure Latitude: 52.97300876
Four figure longitude: -2.74600865
1:25K map: SJ5042
1:10K map: SJ54SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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