Modern coin – HCR7821

Obverse

Inscription:

CAROLVS A CAROLO

Design:

Laureate bust of Charles II, wearing armour, left

Inscription:

BRITANNIA

Design:

Britannia, seated left holding spear and branch

Note

; diameter set to 11 because was null (and was therefore uneditable)

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Person

Charles II, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1649–1685

Reign

Charles II, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Dating

1675

Mint

London

Denomination

Halfpenny

Metal

copper alloy

Technique

struck

Weight (g)

10.98

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

Reference

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