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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-CDABA4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver sixpence of James I (1603-1625) Dated the 1624
Obverse: crowned bust facing right IACOBUS D G MAG BRIT FRA ET HIB REX
Reverse: Square shield with the royal coat of arms, 1624 above QUA DEUS CONIUNXIT NEMO SEPARET
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 1624
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.87 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2020 - Thursday 1st July 2021
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: James I, 1619-1625 (N 2126)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing right
Obverse inscription: IACOBUS D G MAG BRIT FRA ET HIB REX
Reverse description: Square shield with the royal coat of arms, 1624 above
Reverse inscription: QUA DEUS CONIUNXIT NEMO SEPARET
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Iron Acton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST6883
Four figure Latitude: 51.54498025
Four figure longitude: -2.46284615
1:25K map: ST6883
1:10K map: ST68SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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