American Numismatic Society (1893.11.67)

Portugal, / 1185 to 1211 / AE,morabitino

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region:	Portugal
start date:	1185
end date:	1211
denomination:	morabitino
material:	AE
weight.:	3.36 grams
axis:	12
person:	Sancho I
references:	V.S.1.1\|A.7
obverse type:	king on horse
obverse legend:	SANCIVS REX PORTVGALIS
reverse type:	cross of crescents
reverse legend:	IN NEPTRIS I FILII SPS SCIA
info:	copy in copper; the coin is NOT from Acc. 1893.11, which consists exclusively of Medieval English short cross and long cross pennies dating from Henry II to Henry III; it is probably from Acc. 1893.14, under which registration were included 34 Portuguese copper pieces, but which subsumed many extraneous items when they were catalogued onto the data base, so that as of 11/2007 there were already 1181 entered, with an original count of 1070 items--RWH

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