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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-843EC2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A post Medieval silver penny of Charles I (1625-49), Tower mint; North 2263; 1631-2. .
Notes:
Our thanks to Edward Besly for his help with the identification of this coin.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1631
Date to: Circa AD 1643
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th August 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Mint or issue place: London (Tower under Charles I)
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Charles I, Group B (N 2263, 2264)
Obverse description: left facing crowned bust with I behind
Obverse inscription: CAROLVSDGMBFR
Reverse description: royal crest
Reverse inscription: IVSTITIA[THRON]VMFIRMAT
Initial mark: Rose
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: North Warwickshire (District)
Parish or ward: Arley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP2891
Four figure Latitude: 52.51617057
Four figure longitude: -1.58881588
1:25K map: SP2891
1:10K map: SP29SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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