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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-EF8F30
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver sixpence of James II
Date early c 1685-1688
Diameter 19mm, weight 1.23g
Obverse: bust facing right,
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse: no detail remains
Reverse inscription: [...]
Condition: poor
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1685
Date to: Circa AD 1688
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.23 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 2012 - Saturday 1st June 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: James II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Modern
Type: Sixpence: James II (S 3412 - 3413)
Obverse description: bust facing right
Obverse inscription: […]
Reverse description: no detail remains
Reverse inscription: […]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
To be known as: westbury-on-severn
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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