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<p>[QUOTE="SRSNUM, post: 5153927, member: 102988"]Would like to find a reference number from a standard reference for the item below in order to fully attribute the coin. I have gotten as far as finding the Ruler, denomination and type with the help of my outdated Castan & Cayon 1979 'Las Monedas Espanolas' #289. There are however, several marks on the coin in hand that do not match. See description and digital images below.</p><p><br /></p><p>17mm</p><p>0.74 g.</p><p>Billon</p><p><br /></p><p>O: Castle enclosed within two square frames, one solid the other dotted. The mintmark 'B' (BURGOS) appears at the bottom center, overlapping the two frames.</p><p>O: E+AL o REX CAS o TEL<u>L</u></p><p>R: Rampant lion enclosed within two square frames, one solid the other dotted. Within the solid frame at upper left is noted a <span style="color: #ff0080">crescent</span>. At lower left an '<span style="color: #ff0080">X</span>'. These are the marks that do not match.</p><p>R: B+E o <u>T</u> LE o GIO o NIS o: The 'B' in the inscription appears to be an additional mintmark. The inscription itself also does not match the reverse for C&C 289 as a +(cross) is at the top of the coin instead of a 'T'. The legend for the reverse is however crudely rendered, so take the above as my first guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1208965[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1208966[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SRSNUM, post: 5153927, member: 102988"]Would like to find a reference number from a standard reference for the item below in order to fully attribute the coin. I have gotten as far as finding the Ruler, denomination and type with the help of my outdated Castan & Cayon 1979 'Las Monedas Espanolas' #289. There are however, several marks on the coin in hand that do not match. See description and digital images below. 17mm 0.74 g. Billon O: Castle enclosed within two square frames, one solid the other dotted. The mintmark 'B' (BURGOS) appears at the bottom center, overlapping the two frames. O: E+AL o REX CAS o TEL[U]L[/U] R: Rampant lion enclosed within two square frames, one solid the other dotted. Within the solid frame at upper left is noted a [COLOR=#ff0080]crescent[/COLOR]. At lower left an '[COLOR=#ff0080]X[/COLOR]'. These are the marks that do not match. R: B+E o [U]T[/U] LE o GIO o NIS o: The 'B' in the inscription appears to be an additional mintmark. The inscription itself also does not match the reverse for C&C 289 as a +(cross) is at the top of the coin instead of a 'T'. The legend for the reverse is however crudely rendered, so take the above as my first guess. [ATTACH=full]1208965[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1208966[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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