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COIN
Unique ID: SF-0C7088
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Medieval foreign coin, probably of William I-III of Hainaut in the Low Countries, c.14th century AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.09 g
Diameter: 17.03 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 28th September 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Mint or issue place: Valenciennes
Category: Non English coin
Obverse description: Monogram of Hainaut over a lozenge, within a lozengiform border that divides the legend
Obverse inscription: VAL/ENC/hEN/ENS
Reverse description: Long cross pattee dividing the legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: G:CO/MES/hAN/ONIE
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Falkenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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