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COIN
Unique ID: SF-FA5645
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Medieval coin, probably a penny or denier of Floris V, Count of Holland and Zeeland, c.1256-1296 AD. Minted in Dordrecht, c.1293-1296 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1293
Date to: Circa AD 1296
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.48 g
Diameter: 13.06 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Florent V, Count of Holland
Mint or issue place: Dordrecht
Type: Edw. Imit: Florent V, count of Holland (M 116-119)
Obverse description: Bare headed bust left, within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: +[F?] COME[]LANDIE
Reverse description: Long cross pattee dividing the legend, a rose in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: MON/ETA/DOR/D.[C?]
Initial mark: Uncertain cross
Die axis measurement: 11 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: Freckenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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