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1/2 touch piece
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Faye Sayer, 2005-08-08 15:02:26
Title
1/2 touch piece
Description
English: Half touch piece of James II. The obverse legend is IACO.II D.G. M.B. Fr. E[T. HI. REX] (James II, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland). The ship that appears on the obverse is only faintly visible due to wear. The reverse legend is [SOLI. DEN.] GLORIA (To God alone the Glory). The top right half of St Michael and the Dragon are visible. The item has been pierced for wear as a talisman and cut deliberately.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 1685 and 1688
date QS:P571,+1685-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1685-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1688-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 103723
Old ref: LON-7776C3
Filename: DSCN5709.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/71766
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/71766/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/103723
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