Record ID: CORN-C5BE00
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isles of Scilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy six deniers piece or dardenne of Louis XIV of France (1661-1715), minted at La Rochelle, a seaport on the Bay of Biscay in western France, between 1710-1712, mis-struck so that is it now off-centre. This type was designed to consume locally mined copper along with scrap bronze and brass from cannons from the naval arsenals in Toulon and Marseilles to pay off soldiers serving there. Obverse description: Central triangle with a pair of lines radiating from each of its sides terminating in crowns. A fleur de lis springs from each corner of triangle. The letter 'H' within …
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2014
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Record ID: CORN-50CE42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isles of Scilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin, a ceitil (sixth of a real) of John I (1385-1433) of Portugal. The obverse shows the crowned letters 'IhNS' within an octofoil border. The obverse legend reads: ADIVTORIVM:NOSTRVM but half of it is missing. The reverse shows the Portuguese arms, a cross of shields with a castle in each angle. The reverse legend should read: IHNS:DEI:GRA:REX:PO:A. See coins of John I shown in C M Almeida do Amaral (1977), Catalogo descritivo das moedas Portuguesas, Nos.938 and 949.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2011
Last updated: Saturday 10th November 2012
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Record ID: CORN-70BCB3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isles of Scilly
Workflow stage: Published
Brass sestertius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), COS III // SC, with Roma on reverse, mint of Rome, AD 125-38. RIC II, c.f. 636 & 967; c.f. BMC 1301 & 1363
Created on: Sunday 9th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2012
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