Rights Holder: Somerset County Council
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Unique ID: SOM-B934E7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver sixpence of William III (1695-1702). It is very worn and no detail survives. The coin has been bent in two places creating an S shape in profile. Coins modified in this way are often called 'love tokens'.
Notes:
This record was created at a rally and may therefore fall below our usual standards of identification or photography.
Evidence of reuse: Bent into an s-shape
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1695
Date to: Circa AD 1702
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Quantity: 1
Width: 18.07 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.63 g
Diameter: 20.55 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th September 2011
This object was found at Spaxton 2011 - Stogursey, WHRADA, 25-09-2011
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Other reference: Rally reference 582
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: William III of England
Category: Modern
Type: Sixpence: William III (S 3520 - 3548)
Obverse description: Unclear
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Unclear
Reverse inscription: Illegible
No coin references available.
4 Figure: ST2142
Four figure Latitude: 51.171762
Four figure longitude: -3.131384
1:25K map: ST2142
1:10K map: ST24SW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.