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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-952EA6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver coin that is so heavily worn all detail has been removed from both the obverse and reverse. Given the diameter of the item it is possibly sixpence of unreadable ruler, perhaps dated from Mary to Charles II (1553-1662).
Notes:
This item is recorded from an emailed image supplied by the finder.
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 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1662
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2022 - Sunday 3rd April 2022
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII - Charles I
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: No detail remains
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse description: No detail remains
Reverse inscription: [...]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
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)
To be known as: Frampton Cotterell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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