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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-89DCAC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval Scottish silver twenty pence piece of Charles I (1625-1649). Third Coinage, 1637-1642. Initial mark: uncertain - possibly pellet.
Obverse: CAR·D G·SCOT·ANG·FR·ET·HIB·R·; Crowned bust left, XX (mark of value) behind
Reverse: IVST·THRONVM·FIRMAT·; Crowned thistle
Compare with numbers 5581-5591 in 'Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands'.
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 1637
Date to: Circa AD 1642
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.72 g
Diameter: 15.4 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Shropshire Museum Service Object Entry Form E. 01777
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Twenty pence
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Type: Scottish: Twentypence of Charles I, Third coinage (S 5581 - 5591A)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, XX (mark of value) behind head
Obverse inscription: IVST·THRONVM·FIRMAT
Reverse description: Crowned thistle
Reverse inscription: IVST·THRONVM·FIRMAT
Initial mark: Pellet - possibly
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Nafferton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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