File:One real of Philip IV of Spain (reverse) (FindID 752993).jpg

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one real of Philip IV of Spain (reverse)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2015-11-20 16:25:59
Title
one real of Philip IV of Spain (reverse)
Description
English: Silver worn and clipped one real 'pillars and waves' type cob of Philip IV (1621-1665) of Spain, dated to 1656 on the obverse. The assayer's letter 'E' to the right of the shield on the obverse and to the right of the 'I' and the column on the reverse refers to Antonio de Ergueta, assayer from 1653 to 1678. The 'P' to the left of the 'I' and the column refers to the Potosi mint in Bolivia. The reverse central field has two upright pillars with foliate capitals and waves formed by curved lines beneath them. There are two equidistant horizontal lines that cross the pillars forming nine squares.

Within these squares are the letters :

[P] / I (pellet above) / E

[P]LV / SVL / TR

E / 56 / P

In the mid-16th century major silver deposits were found in South America, in an area known as 'Peru', but this relates to an area much larger than modern-day Peru. Coins minted from here were called 'cobs' or cabo, and rather than producing a nice flan onto which the image was struck, cobs were simply a bar of silver cut into appropriate weights (1, 2, 4, 8 reales) so they are not standard shapes.

Cayon (2005) illustrates a one real minted in Potosi and dated to 1656 on page 654, fig.73, no.5800.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date 1656
date QS:P571,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 752993
Old ref: CORN-F43F4B
Filename: Nov15finds124.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/541746
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/541746/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/752993
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 2 December 2020)
Object location50° 07′ 06.6″ N, 5° 20′ 03.48″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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