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COIN
Unique ID: SF-C3DDF2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn base silver coin of probable Medieval date, c.14th-15th centuries AD. The coin is not of an English type, but precisely where it may have been minted remains uncertain due to the preservation of both obverse and reverser faces.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.57 g
Diameter: 17.09 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's Ref.: 58
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Category: Non English coin
Obverse description: Uncertain shield or circle/oval quartered, three lozenges(?) in one quarter, uncertain motifs in the remaining three.
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Cross potent within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: []NE[R?...]V[]
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: Shottisham
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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