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COIN
Unique ID: DENO-3EABA5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval Scottish coin; struck silver eighth thistle-mark of James VI (later James I of England); eighth coinage; 1602
Ref: Spink 'Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands' (pp. 74, no. 5500)
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 1602
Date to: Exactly AD 1602
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 16.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th March 2009 - Thursday 31st December 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E6415
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Crown (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Charles II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Modern
Type: Crown (silver): Charles II (S 3350 - 3360)
Obverse description: Crowned shield
Obverse inscription: [IA]COBVS.6.D.[G.R.S]COTORVM
Reverse description: Crowned thistle
Reverse inscription: [R[EGEM.IOVA.PROTE]GIT
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Wellow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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