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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-0DA292
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1625
Date to: AD 1649
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.87 g
Diameter: 15.34 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ID 3982
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Illegible bust facing left, II behind
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Oval shield
Reverse inscription: [IUSTITIA]THRONUM F[IRMAT]
(Justice strengthens the throne)
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
To be known as: Colchester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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