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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-AA8880
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn hammered copper alloy 1 Doudo coin of the French Indian possession of Tamil Pondichery. Obverse: Rooster with foot on globe, date of 1836 in exergue. Reverse: Tamil legend Pudu/chhe/(ri)
Notes:
Pondicherry (Puthuchery in Tamil) was a small French colonial enclave in India, originally set up by the French East Indian company in 1674. It was finally, as part of French India, incorporated into the modern state of India in 1954.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1836
Date to: Circa AD 1836
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.1 mm
Width: 14.8 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
Parish or ward: Harting (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7819
Four figure Latitude: 50.96515087
Four figure longitude: -0.89063057
1:25K map: SU7819
1:10K map: SU71NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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