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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-61482A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn and mis-struck post-medieval copper-alloy token Farthing of Richmond or Maltravers type of Charles I (1625-1649) dating to the period 1625-1649.
Measurements: diameter: 16.1mm; weight: 0.51g
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 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1649
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.51 g
Diameter: 16.1 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Farthing (Copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Copper Richmond or Maltravers farthing of Charles I
Obverse description: Crown with sceptres in saltire
Obverse inscription: +CARO.D.[G MAG BRIT]
Reverse description: Crowned harp
Reverse inscription: FRA[ ET H]IB R[EX]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Charing (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ9451
Four figure Latitude: 51.22521673
Four figure longitude: 0.77697141
1:25K map: TQ9451
1:10K map: TQ95SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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