Record ID: ESS-C8CAC2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval gold plated coin with central piercing. Obv: PETRVS.II.D[...]ET.ALG.REX Rev: IN+HOC+SIGNO+VINCES+1689 Diam: 29.40 Wt: 9.25 g Barrie Cook from the British Museum comments: "This is almost certainly a case of a silver coin gilded to turn it into a gold one, then identified as a counterfeit and bored through for that reason. It is probably a silver half-crusado disguised as a gold moeda of Pedro II of Portugal. The only obvious difference (apart from the metal, of course) is that the silver coin says 200 next to the shield design on the front, whereas the gold…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2011
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