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Unique ID: WAW-6E4476
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete Scottish copper alloy twenty pence of Charles I, dated to 1637-1642.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1637
Date to: Circa AD 1642
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.72 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 15.12 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Twenty pence
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Type: Scottish: Twentypence of Charles I, Third coinage (S 5581 - 5591A)
Obverse description: Worn bust facing left
Obverse inscription: RIS [ ] HIB N
Reverse description: Worn thistle
Reverse inscription: [ ] ISITIT MM [ ] X
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.