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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-1832DB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval base silver penny of Edward VI (1547-53), third coinage (1551-3), mint: London (North 1945), initial mark: escallop.
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 1551
Date to: Circa AD 1553
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.04 g
Diameter: 14.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th September 2022
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward VI of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Edward VI, Base silver, 1550-1553 (N 1945, 1946)
Obverse description: Double rose
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Shield on long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: CIVI / TAS / LON / [DON]
Initial mark: Escallop
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Braishfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3826
Four figure Latitude: 51.03211338
Four figure longitude: -1.45947027
1:25K map: SU3826
1:10K map: SU32NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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