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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-810786
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver coin. A worn coin with traces of outer circle on either side, and with a small off-centre rhomboid hole, perhaps from the tip of a pointed knife or dagger. The coin was perhaps a post-medieval coin of uncertain denomination, possibly issued under Elizabeth I (1558-1603) or James I (1603-1625); suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1558-1625
Obverse description: outer circle
Obverse inscription: [--]SPIN[--]
Diameter: 15.8mm, Weight: 0.61gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1558
Date to: Exactly AD 1625
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.61 g
Diameter: 15.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th February 2020
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM47811
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Silver: Elizabeth I, not further defined
Obverse description: outer circle
Obverse inscription: [--]SPIN[--]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Epworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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