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Unique ID: SWYOR-867FB3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval Irish coin of William and Mary (AD 1688-1694); a halfpenny dating from AD 1692 - 1694. Mint of Dublin. See number 6597 in Spink's Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (2003).
Thickness: 2.15mm
Weight: 5.94g
Diameter: 26.04mm
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1692
Date to: Circa AD 1694
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.15 mm
Weight: 5.94 g
Diameter: 26.04 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 16th November 2019 - Saturday 16th November 2019
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Other reference: PAS Form No 003621
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: William and Mary
Type: Irish: halfpenny of William and Mary, copper, (S 6597)
Obverse description: Conjoined busts right
Obverse inscription: GVLILLMVS ET MARIA DEI GRATIA
Reverse description: Crowned harp with date across upper field
Reverse inscription: (MAG BR FR ET HIB REX ET REGINA)
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SD8945
Four figure Latitude: 53.90104731
Four figure longitude: -2.16889583
1:25K map: SD8945
1:10K map: SD84NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.
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Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
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Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
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Workflow: Awaiting validation