Record ID: DOR-87C122
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A coin of Louis XIV of France. Edward Besly of the National Museum and Gallery of Wales has identified this coin as follows. Louis XIV's coinage suffered a succession of remintings in this period, known as 'réformations' and most of the time, ratther than melting down the coins, they struck the new ones directly on the old. This is therefore a réformation: A 1691 'Quadruple sol aux deux Ls', which has been overstruck c.1702-4 to become a a 'cinq sols aux insignes'. The date of the earlier coin is under the King's bust, which is upside-down in relation to the new design. On th…
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-8D4A95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Gallic demi-sterling of Edward III, Elias 57, probably from the 1330s or 1340s, according to Elias (The Anglo-Gallic Coins, 1984). Identified by Edward Besly, National Museum and Gallery of Wales Date: Medieval - 1330 - 1350 Cited by Naylor (2012, 306, note 23)
Created on: Tuesday 23rd September 2008
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2022
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