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Unique ID: KENT-273927
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post Medieval copper alloy Rose Farthing of Charles I. Type 2, North number 2291.
Notes:
This object come from a collection of finds found by a detectorist who searched the spoil from a dredged sewer drain in Sandwich. The material was then given to Dover Museum. No other information is availble on the findspot.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1625
Date to: AD 1649
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 12.4 mm
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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, type 2, single-arched crown (N 2291)
Obverse description: single arched crown with two scepters in saltirethrough it.
Obverse inscription: CAROLUS DG MAG
Reverse description: single rose surrmounted by single arched crown
Reverse inscription: FRA ET HIB REX
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Sandwich (Civil Parish)
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