Record ID: SWYOR-A9E0F9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval, silver coin: a Venetian soldino of Doge Agostino Barbarigo, dating from AD 1486 - 1501. It is 12.7mm in diameter and 0.3mm thick. It weighs 0.32gm. These coins circulated in England during the 15th and 16th centuries as halfpennies, because there was a lack of small change at the time (Daubney, unpublished, Identifying late Medieval Venetian coins). Coins of Barbarigo are rarely found except for along the south coast of England (ibid), so this is an unusual discovery for Lincolnshire.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
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