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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-023423
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval tin farthing, with a copper alloy central plug, of Charles II c. 1680-85.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1680
Date to: Circa AD 1685
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 5.23 g
Diameter: 23 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Charles II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Modern
Type: Farthing (tin): Charles II (S 3395)
Obverse description: left facing bust
Obverse inscription: CAROLVS A CAROLO
Reverse description: Britannia seated left
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Wymondham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8318
Four figure Latitude: 52.75324944
Four figure longitude: -0.77168142
1:25K map: SK8318
1:10K map: SK81NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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