Record ID: LANCUM-5BD9F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a worn and clipped silver Spanish one real 'pillars and waves' type cob of Philip V (1700-1746), dated to the 1720s (possibly 1723) on the reverse. The mint letter and assayer letter, on either side of the 'I' in the top line of the reverse, are too worn to make out, but the coin would have been minted in Lima, Peru or Potosi, Bolivia or Mexico. The reverse central field that remains has two upright pillars with foliate capitals and waves formed by curved lines beneath them. There are two equidistant horizontal lines that cross the pillars forming nine squares, but only th…
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 6th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.