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COIN
Unique ID: SF8991
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1550
Date to: AD 1551
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.18 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2002
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Materials and construction
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Shilling (testoon)
Ruler/issuer: Edward VI of England
Mint or issue place: Southwark
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Very worn; a crowned profile bust facing left is just visible.
Obverse inscription: EDWARD VI D. G. AGL' FRA' Z: HIB REX
Reverse description: Ornately garnished oval shield. The inscription means 'The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life' and is a quotation from Proverbs ch. 14 v. 27.
Reverse inscription: TIMOR DOMINI FONS VITAE
Initial mark: illegible
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: FRAMLINGHAM
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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