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COIN
Unique ID: SF-617B16
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Medieval denier tournois of Louis VIII or Louis IX of France, c.1223-1270 AD. As Grierson, 1991: pp. 114 no. 257.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1223
Date to: Circa AD 1270
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.66 g
Diameter: 18.23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's Ref.: 2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Category: Non English coin
Obverse description: A cross pattee within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: +LVDOWICVS REX
Reverse description: A Chatel tournois
Reverse inscription: +TVRONVS.CIVIS
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Worlington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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