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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: SF-0B6A30
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy uniface coin weight of Medieval date. It is circular in form and struck off-centre with a die on one face. This depicts a ship with a tall central mast within an inner circle of pellets, the ship depicted with a lis above one end and a lion above the other. The entire object measures 18.23mm in diameter and 6.71g (103.6 grains) in weight. This is a British coin weight for a later Medieval noble, which at full weight should weigh 108 grains (Withers and Withers, 1995: pp. 68). It is of 15th-16th century AD date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.71 g
Diameter: 18.23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Creeting St Mary
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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