Sujet

Doble excelente of Ferdinand and Isabella, Spanish, c1479-1504. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Doble excelente of Ferdinand and Isabella, Spanish, c1479-1504. REverse showing the royal coat of arms. Doble excelente or double-ducat from the wreck of the 'Ann Francis', a chance find on Margam Beach in Wales, in 1989. On 28 December 1583, the Ann Francis, belonging to the King's Lynn merchant Francis Shaxton, ran aground on Margam Beach. She was promptly plundered by the local inhabitants. The money was probably the proceeds of selling a cargo of grain in Spain and/or Portugal.

Date

1479

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/©National Museum of Wales

Notre référence

HRM26A27_195

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29.3Mo (897.4Ko) / 30.3cm x 24.2cm / 3576 x 2860 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal people bird birds country Spain Spanish metal money finance eagle currency coin British color bird of prey crest royal medieval gold location century shipwreck coinage Britain royalty gold coin raptor Colour numismatics mediaeval Middle Ages coat of arms gold coins heraldry 15th century ducat fifteenth century heraldic Unknown Ferdinand the Catholic Queen Isabella I Isabella I Castile Isabella of Castile King Ferdinand II Ferdinand II doubloon blazon National Museum of Wales king of Aragon Isabella of numismatology Queen of Spain Shield of Arms Ferdinand V of Castile Catolica Isabel la doble excelente double-ducat King Ferdinand the Catholic Isabella "The Catholic" of C