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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-7E49B4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy farthing of William III and Mary II (1689-1694), date illegible, 1694
AD, Spink 3453.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1694
Date to: Exactly AD 1694
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 4.47 g
Diameter: 2.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st May 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Farthing (Copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: William and Mary
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Modern
Type: Farthing (copper): William and Mary (S 3453)
Obverse description: Conjoined busts of William and Mary facing right
Obverse inscription: GVLIELMVS - [ET MARIA]
Reverse description: [Britannia seated facing left holding branch up with right hand and sceptre in left hand and leaning on a shield to right]
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
To be known as: Near Wells
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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