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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: SUSS-3E6DD4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to landowner - for local display
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Period of reuse: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.16 mm
Weight: 6.12 g
Diameter: 17.88 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2004
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
To be known as: East Dean & Friston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withers, P. and Withers, B.R. | 1995 | Lions Ships and Angels: Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain | Llanfyllin | Galata Print | 19 |
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