Record ID: LON-9BB258
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval Spanish colonial copper coin: 4-maravedis in the name of Carlos and Joanna (AD1516-1556), Santo Domingo mint, dating from AD1542-1564. Brevoort (1885:12) writes "These peices were called 'cuartos' being one quater of a real." The obverse has a gothic Y flanked on the left by the assayer mark 'F' for Francisco Rodriguez and on the right the denomination, four small upright strokes. The legand reads 'KAROLVS ET IOHANNA'. The reverse has the crowned pillars of Hercules flanked by the mint mark 'S' and 'P' for Santo Domingo del Puerto with the legand 'REGIS ISPANIARUM ET',…
Created on: Monday 14th November 2016
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2016
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