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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-D214B7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval copper alloy farthing of Charles I. The coin has been folded in half. 1636-1644 AD. Dimensions: Diameter 16.38mm; weight 0.32g
Notes:
Found during the Weekend Wanderers Lattin Down Rally 6-7 September 2008
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to Finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1636
Date to: Circa AD 1644
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.32 g
Diameter: 16.38 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th September 2008
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Lattin Down 08
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Or43
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Farthing (Copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Copper rose farthing of Charles I, not further defined
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Wantage
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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