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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-33AD07
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
I have examined two coins reported found at Gayton, Northamptonshire. Both are silver pennies of King James I of England (James VI of Scotland), and will thus have a fineness of the official sterling silver standard, 92.5% fine metal. Their details are as follows.
James I, Second Coinage (1605-19)
1. Penny (fragmentary), initial mark rose (1605-6), wt: 0.37, North 2106/1
2. Penny (2 fragments), no initial mark, combined wt: 0.59g, North 2106/1
The two coins are of good silver and would certainly have been in circulation together, so the question is whether they are likely to have been deposited together or else have been separate losses. They are from the lowest level of the normal currency, with only the royal farthing tokens (which had a different legal status) below them. In the absense of additional finds and given the possibility that they could have been lost up to a couple of decades apart, if the area was one of economic activity in the early 17th century,.the probablility that they represent a small, single loss, i.e. a hoard, does not seem to be high in my opinion, so I would recommend that they do not quality as Treasure under the terms of the Act.
Dr Barrie J. Cook
Curator of Medieval and Early Modern Coinage
Department of Coins and Medals
British Museum
4 March 2009
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2008T650
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 1603
Date to: Ante AD 1625
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2008
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2008T650
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Silver: James I, not further defined
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
To be known as: South Northants
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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