COIN
Unique ID: IOW-28E1C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published 
An almost complete sixpence of Charles I. AD 1635-6 (North 1975, 136, ref. 2241).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
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Date from: AD 1635
Date to: AD 1636
Dimensions and weight
Weight: 2.63 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Frank
Basford
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Identified by: Mr Frank
Basford - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2007-1-289
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence [
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Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England [
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Mint or issue place: London
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Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660 [
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Type: Sixpence: Charles I, Group D (N 2240, 2241) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crowned bust left with VI behind head
Obverse inscription: CAROLVS D G MAG BR FR ET HI REX
Reverse description: Round garnished shield
Reverse inscription: CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Initial mark: Crown
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
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Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine [
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East And London
County: Isle Of Wight
District: Isle Of Wight
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m[scope notes]
References cited
- North, J.J., 1975. English Hammered Coinage volume 2 Edward I to Charles II 1272-1662 London : Spink & Son2, pp136
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Audit data
Created:
Wednesday 27th June 2007
Updated: Monday 21st March 2011
