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COIN
Unique ID: SF-ED7FD1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy coin of probable Arabic or Indian origin. It has Arabic writing within pelleted boorder on each face and to one side of the flan there is a small circular aperture. This might indicate usage as an item of jewellery or for decoration on clothing or similar. It is of probable Post-Medieval to Modern date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 13.62 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Alderton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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