Coin:copper 2 maravedis

Museum number:
3-23376
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030023376
Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Copper coin; 6.73 grams. Obverse: crowned shield containing three-towered castle. Legend is illegible. Reverse: crest containing rampant lion facing left. Date to right: 1680. Remainder of reverse legend illegible. Coin is badly worn.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico? Spain?
Culture or time period:
Mexican Colonial period (1521–1810) and Spaniards
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1680
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
Cf. Spanish copper 2-maravedis "cob." So-called "pirate money" of Carlos II, 1665-1700 AD.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin:copper 2 maravedis, accession number 3-23376, described as Copper coin; 6.73 grams. Obverse: crowned shield containing three-towered castle. Legend is illegible. Reverse: crest containing rampant lion facing left. Date to right: 1680. Remainder of reverse legend illegible. Coin is badly worn.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin:copper 2 maravedis, accession number 3-23376, described as Copper coin; 6.73 grams. Obverse: crowned shield containing three-towered castle. Legend is illegible. Reverse: crest containing rampant lion facing left. Date to right: 1680. Remainder of reverse legend illegible. Coin is badly worn.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin:copper 2 maravedis, accession number 3-23376, described as Copper coin; 6.73 grams. Obverse: crowned shield containing three-towered castle. Legend is illegible. Reverse: crest containing rampant lion facing left. Date to right: 1680. Remainder of reverse legend illegible. Coin is badly worn.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin:copper 2 maravedis, accession number 3-23376, described as Copper coin; 6.73 grams. Obverse: crowned shield containing three-towered castle. Legend is illegible. Reverse: crest containing rampant lion facing left. Date to right: 1680. Remainder of reverse legend illegible. Coin is badly worn.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin:copper 2 maravedis, accession number 3-23376, described as Copper coin; 6.73 grams. Obverse: crowned shield containing three-towered castle. Legend is illegible. Reverse: crest containing rampant lion facing left. Date to right: 1680. Remainder of reverse legend illegible. Coin is badly worn.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin:copper 2 maravedis, accession number 3-23376, described as Copper coin; 6.73 grams. Obverse: crowned shield containing three-towered castle. Legend is illegible. Reverse: crest containing rampant lion facing left. Date to right: 1680. Remainder of reverse legend illegible. Coin is badly worn.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin:copper 2 maravedis, accession number 3-23376, described as Copper coin; 6.73 grams. Obverse: crowned shield containing three-towered castle. Legend is illegible. Reverse: crest containing rampant lion facing left. Date to right: 1680. Remainder of reverse legend illegible. Coin is badly worn.

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