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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-B84805
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy duit of Zeeland, a province of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Issued by the Dutch East India Company. Date illegible on coin.
Obverse: LUCTOR ET EMERGO] (Struggle and arise); Arms of Zeeland: a crowned lion rampant emerging from the sea, within wreath.
Reverse: *A*/ZELAN/DIA/[ ].
Diameter: 20.6mm. Weight: 2.59g. DA=12:12.
These copper duits were struck from 1714 till 1797.
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: Circa AD 1714
Date to: Circa AD 1797
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.59 g
Diameter: 20.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th January 2020 - Sunday 12th January 2020
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2020-1-15
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Duit
Ruler/issuer: Republic of the United Netherlands
Mint or issue place: Zeeland
Type: Republic of the United Netherlands: copper duit
Obverse description: Arms of Zeeland: a crowned lion rampant emerging from the sea, within wreath
Obverse inscription: LUCTOR ET EMERGO] (Struggle and arise)
Reverse description: *A*/ZELAN/DIA/[ ]
Die axis measurement: 12 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.
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