CORN-B35AF3: Post-medieval coin: penny of James II (obverse)

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COIN

Unique ID: CORN-B35AF3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Silver milled penny of James II (1685-88) dated 1687 on reverse, with one edge having been snipped.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1687

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.48 g
Diameter: 11.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: James VII of Scotland
Obverse description: laureate head facing left
Obverse inscription: IACOBVS.II.DEI.GRATIA
Reverse description: crowned I
Reverse inscription: MAG.BR.FRA.ET.HIB.REX.1687

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Paul (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW4625
Four figure Latitude: 50.070736
Four figure longitude: -5.551014
1:25K map: SW4625
1:10K map: SW45NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: returned to finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Spink and Son Ltd	2005	Coins of England and the United Kingdom	London	Spink and Son Ltd	323,	No.3417

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Recording Institution: CORN
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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