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COIN
Unique ID: WAW-446575
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1280
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2006 - Wednesday 1st November 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Alexander III of Scotland
Obverse description: Bust facing left holding a sceptre.
Obverse inscription: [ALEXANDER REX]
Reverse description: Long voided cross with a 6 pointed pointed mullet in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: Illegible.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Alcester (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP0956
Four figure Latitude: 52.202157
Four figure longitude: -1.869729
1:25K map: SP0956
1:10K map: SP05NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaby, P. | 1984 | Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands: Standard Catalogue of British Coins, Volume 2 | Spink and Son Ltd | Nos. 5042-5048. |
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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