Rights Holder: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
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Unique ID: ESS-212DAB
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy farthing of Charles I (AD 1625 - 1649), Rose type 2 or 3, uncertain initial mark. North (1991, pg. 165), no. 2291-3.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1649
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.62 g
Diameter: 13.1 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th September 2004
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Other reference: CIMS OEF 7376
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Farthing (Copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Single arched crown bisected by two sceptres in saltire
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Single rose surmounted by crown
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Initial mark: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TL5713
Four figure Latitude: 51.79362062
Four figure longitude: 0.27516116
1:25K map: TL5713
1:10K map: TL51SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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