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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-BAD914
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver William IIII fourpence, c.1837, Spink 3837.
Obverse: Heavily worn left facing portrait. Inscription: [GULILLMUS III D: G:] BRITANNIA [REX P: D:]
Reverse: Britannia with shield and spear, date 1837 beneath. Inscription: [FO]UR PENCE
A single hole has been punched through the coin, removing the start of the inscription.
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 1837
Date to: Circa AD 1837
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.69 g
Diameter: 16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2021
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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