ingot
- Museum number
- 1993,0516.3
- Description
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A gold "Tumbaga" bar cut from a complete ingot, with two royal tax stamps of Charles V and other marks within incuse squares.
- Production date
- 1530-1539
- Dimensions
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Length: 15 centimetres
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Weight: 0.70 kilograms
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Width: 3 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Metallurgical composition: Gold: 27.6%; silver: 4.9%; copper: 67.5%.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2023-2025 31 Mar-31 Jan, Falmouth, National Maritime Museum Cornwall, LTL Pirates
- Acquisition date
- 1993
- Acquisition notes
- Sale of Treasures from Spanish Shipwrecks, 28 April 1993, lot 291.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1993,0516.3