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Post medieval coin
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, sim johnson, 2011-06-28 13:51:10
Title
Post medieval coin
Description
English: Post medieval coin

France, Louis XVI (1774 - 93) double sol constitutional, c. 1791-3, date illegible
Coinage of the period between the king's overthrow and his eventual execution.
This appears to be a cast forgery in pewter or a similar alloy, the metals used in this issue vary considerably but are usually of bronze, often derived from melting down church bells.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Monmouthshire
Date between 1791 and 1793
date QS:P571,+1791-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1791-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1793-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 450987
Old ref: PUBLIC-9CCE65
Filename: 2010.26.4i.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/334978
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/334978/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/450987
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Object location51° 55′ 12.36″ N, 3° 01′ 16.64″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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