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Unique ID: LON-BEC7B5
Object type certainty: Certain
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Lead alloy Lyon counter, Francophile issue
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1574
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st May 1995
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Museum accession number: 2458/820/k
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: Oval French shield bearing three fleurs de lis, within a scrolled outline. No legend.
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Rampant lion left, in garter with legend, crowned.
Reverse inscription: HONI:SOIT MAL.Y.PEN
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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