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Record ID: NMS-FCD001
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ceitel of Alfonso V of Portugal, further details illegible, 1438-81
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
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Record ID: KENT-B855C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped medeival silver Portuguese half real, or chinfrão, of Alfonso V dating to the period AD 1438-1481. Minted in Lisbon. Measurements: diameter: 19.1mm; weight: 0.97g Discussion: Portuguese half reals probably circulated in England unofficially as a halfgroats.
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2022
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Record ID: LVPL-9DA9F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval Portugeuse silver chinfrão (half-real) of Alfonso V of Portugal dating to 1438 to 1481. Less than one half of the coin survives. Obverse: Letter A crowned, with pellet within a circle to either side and letter D below. Legend: [ALFOИQ :] QIИTIS [: REGIS] Reverse: Arms of Portugal: Five shields, four arranged centrifugally around a central one, each containing five pellets. Legend: [...] DИO [...] Barrie Cook (Curator of Medieval and Early Modern Coinage at the British Museum) comments on Treasure case 2010 T84 (DUR-F70208) that these coins may have …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th April 2022
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Record ID: LANCUM-64C8B8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, slightly chipped, clipped, and cracked, medieval silver hammered chinfrão, or half reale grosso, of King Afonso V of Portugal (AD 1438-1481). Uncertain mint. Obverse: Crowned letter 'A' with an initial beneath it, possibly an 'L'. Pellets either side. Obverse inscription: Possibly 'ALFONSVS QVINTI REGIS:P' or similar. Reverse: Within a circle the Portgugese coat of arms, the quinas: five eschutcheons crosswise the dexter and sinister ones pointing to the centre, each semée of plates. So, five shields in the shape of a cross, the left and right ones po…
Created on: Friday 11th February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Warton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-EBB489
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy ceitil of Portugal, probably of Afonso V (AD 1431-1485), a ceitil is one-sixth of a real. Obverse: Castle with three towers, ramparts, waves below.[...] Reverse: Shield with arms of Portugal, lis to eithre side and above. [...] The use of lis adjacent to the shield is most commonly found in the reign of Afonso V. See GLO-C51B53 for a further example. Measurements; 16.9mm diameter, weight 0.70g
Created on: Monday 24th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 17th February 2022
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Record ID: HESH-8C7E92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a medieval silver chinfrão (half real grosso) of Afonso V of Portugal (1438-81), uncertain mint. The coin survives only as a worn fragment the break across the coin irregular and uneven. Approximately 40% of the coin survives. Obverse: Crowned letter A; Reverse has the arms of Portugal.
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 16th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-6B93CA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn Medieval copper-alloy Portuguese ceitil, possibly of Afonso V (1432-1481). Obverse: [ ]; Castle with three towers, ramparts, waves below. Reverse: [ ]; Shield with arms of Portugal. Diameter: 18.8mm; width: 16.6mm. Weight: 0.78g. DA=12:6.
Created on: Thursday 21st November 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-BB8515
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin, a chinfrão,of Afonso V of Portugal, (1438-81), Lisbon mint, struck 1472-1484, cf NMGW-F18460, Mec 6, 1005. Clipped. Diameter 18.9mm, Mass 0.97g.
Created on: Friday 14th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2022
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Record ID: BUC-7A2B13
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A chinfrao of Alphonso V of Portugal 1438-81. Obverse has a central crown with crossed sceptres. Reverse has a central shield with four more around it. Lettering not decipherable.
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2016
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanslope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F0D41C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Clipped silver chinfrao, or half reale grosso of Alfonso V of Portugal. Obverse; crowned A with L beneath, annulets either side; Inscription: probably ALFONSVS QVINTI REGIS:P or similar. Reverse; a cross of five shields each with five billets inside forming a saltire cross. Inscription; probably ADIVTORVM NOSTRVM:IN:N or similar. Mint: Lisbon. Circa 1438-1481AD.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd December 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
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Record ID: GLO-932EB5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver half real of Alfonso V of Portugal (1438-81). Obverse: a cross of five shields Obverse inscription: ALFONSVS [QVINTIR]EGIS:P Reverse: crowned A, L beneath A Reverse inscription:ADIVTORVM NOSTRVM:IN:N Mint: Lisbon.
Created on: Thursday 24th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 24th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forest of Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0D98F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A highly worn and abraded incomplete medieval copper-alloy Portugese Ceitil (1/6 of a Real) of Afonso V (AD 1438-1481). Description: Obv.: Castle with three towers, ramparts, waves below. Leg.: '[+ALFOS CEPT ET DOMINO]'. Rev.: Shield with Arms of Portugal, Jerusalem cross in each angle, with fleur de lys at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock outside shield. Leg.: '[*REX.PORTUGALIE.ALGA]' Measurements: Thickness: 0.48mm, Diameter: 16.35mm, Weight: 0.7g
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'worth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-14BDE1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half real or chinfrão of Afonso V of Portugal, (1438-1481). The coin is clipped and worn. Obverse inscription: ALFONSVS QVINTI REGIS PORT; Large crown with a monogrammed AL beneath, with an annulet on each side. Reverse inscription: ADIVTORIVM NOSTRUM IN NO; Five shields arranged as a cross with five pellets in each shield. Minted 1438-1481AD.
Created on: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashby de La Zouch Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-8B5146
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver clipped half real (aka Chinfrao) of Alfonso V of Portugal (1438-81). The coin was doublestruck. Mint: Lisbon. Obv: a cross of five shields. ALFONSVS [QVINTIR]EGIS:P (i.e. Alfonso V, King of Portugal. Rev: crowned A, L beneath A. ADI[VTORVM] NOSTRVM:IN:N (reverse N).
Created on: Friday 30th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2013
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Record ID: LVPL-CA6E97
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half real or chinfrão of Afonso V of Portugal, (1438-1481). Obverse inscription: (ALFONSVS QVINTI REGIS PORT); Large crown with a monogrammed AL beneath, with an annulet on each side. Reverse inscription: (ADIVTORIVM NOSTRUM IN); Five shields arranged as a cross with five pellets in each shield. 1432-1481AD.
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bagillt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8BD615
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy coin Portugal, Afonso V (1438-81), copper ceitil, Lisbon
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7640F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy coin Portugal, Alfonso (1438-81) copper ceitil, Lisbon
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-D13510
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver meio real or chinfraõ of Afonso V of Portugal (1438-81). Edward Besley saw an image of this coin and comments' Moot point as to which is the obverse, but following my reference: obv + ALFONSVS QVINTI REGIS P; five shields ('quinas') rev + ALFONSVS QVINTI REGIS PO; letter A surmounted by a large crown; annulets either side (the more usual reverse legends appears to be a version of ADIVTORIVM NOSTRVM IN NOMIN) The nearest reference I can get is that it is similar to C.M. Almeida do Amaral, Catalogo descritivo das moedas Portuguesas (Lisbon 1977), p.335, nos. 1009/1011. (No e…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-327047
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
medieval Silver 'half real' or 'chinfrao' of Alphonse V of Portugal 1438-1481.
Created on: Friday 18th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2013
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Record ID: SUR-A5EFC2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver meio real or chinfrao of Afonso V of Portugal.
Created on: Tuesday 29th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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