Unique ID: SUSS-425E76
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn and clipped silver Post medieval half groat of Charles I (AD 1625-1649). Fourth bust (Group D), 'Tun' mintmark, Tower mint, dating to AD 1636-8. Cf. North 1991 Vol II, No. 2257.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Exactly AD 1636
Date to: Exactly AD 1638
Thickness: 0.75 mm
Weight: 0.73 g
Diameter: 15.5 mm
Quantity: 1
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th April 2012
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Recorded by: Miss Lucy
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Miss Stephanie Smith - [
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Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Denomination: Half groat [
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Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England [
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Mint or issue place: London (Tower under Charles I)
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Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660 [
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Type: Halfgroat: Charles I, Group D (N 2254 - 2258) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crowned bust of Charles I left with II behind head
Obverse inscription: (tun) CAROL[VS D G] M: B: F. ET. H: REX
Reverse description: Oval garnished shield without inner circle
Reverse inscription: (tun) IVST[ITIA TH]RONVM FIRMAT•
Reverse mintmark: Tun
Initial mark: Tun
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
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Degree of wear: Worn: fine [
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Region: South East And London
County: East Sussex
District: Rother
To be known as: Battle CP
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
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Find number: SWYOR-5F6F11
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A silver Post Medieval coin; a half groat of Charles I (1625 - 1649), Group D, fourth bust, mintmark is a tun (1636 - 1638 AD). See North num…
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Find number: SUSS-1AB834
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Post medieval silver halfgroat of Charles I (1625-1649), Group D, Fourth bust, initial mark tun, 1636-1638 AD, North 2257
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Find number: WMID-1E8886
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Silver sixpence of Charles I (1625-1649); Group D; tun i.m. (probably) (1636-8); North, 1991, p. 161 (no. 2241); clipped.
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Created:
Wednesday 4th July 2012
Updated: Wednesday 4th July 2012