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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-02E3BA
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn post-Medieval billon quinzain of Louis XIV of France, dated 1693 on coin.
Obverse: [LVD XIIII] D G FR ET [N] R; Cross formed of four groups of two l backed, each arm being crowned and cutting the legend, quartered of four lilies diverging from the centre; the workshop letter in a circle in the heart of the cross.
Reverse: [SIT NOMEN DOMIN (MG) BENEDICTVM] 1693; Ecu de France crowned.
Diameter: 22.0mm. Weight: 0.91g. DA=12:6.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1693
Date to: Exactly AD 1693
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.91 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st July 2019 - Sunday 21st July 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2019-7-260
Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quinzain
Ruler/issuer: Louis XIV of France
Type: French: Quinzain of Louis XIV
Obverse description: Cross formed of four groups of two l backed, each arm being crowned and cutting the legend, quartered of four lilies diverging from the centre; the workshop letter in a circle in the heart of the cross
Obverse inscription: [LVD XIIII] D G FR ET [N] R
Reverse description: Ecu de France crowned
Reverse inscription: [SIT NOMEN DOMIN (MG) BENEDICTVM] 1693
Die axis measurement: 6 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: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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