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COIN
Unique ID: CAM-A32962
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval silver sixpence of Charles II, AD 1660-1685. North number 2765-67.
Obverse legend reads [DEI.]GRA[TIA/CAROLVS.II]. Obverse is illegible but would have shown a laureate and draped bust right. Reverse legend reads [...MAG/BR.FRA./ET.]HIB/[RE]X.16 . Reverse shows unclear Crowned cruciform shields and interlinked C's, now illegible, in angles. Die axis is 11 o'clock. Weight is 2.5g, diameter is 21.80mm, thickness is 0.7mm.
Notes:
working no.30.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1685
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Diameter: 21.8 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Charles II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Modern
Type: Sixpence: Charles II (N 2765 - 2767)
Obverse description: Illegible but would have shown a laureate and draped bust right
Obverse inscription: [DEI.]GRA[TIA/CAROLVS.II]
Reverse description: Crowned cruciform shields and interlinked C's, now illegible, in angles
Reverse inscription: [...MAG/BR.FRA./ET.]HIB/[RE]X.16
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: South Cambridgeshire District Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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