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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-F47883
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Base silver penny of Edward VI, York, initial mark mullet, North 1946, 1552-3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1552
Date to: Exactly AD 1553
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th September 2013 - Wednesday 23rd October 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 29672
Other reference: DDMD102013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward VI of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Edward VI, Base silver, 1550-1553 (N 1945, 1946)
Obverse description: Double rose
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA S[...]INA
Reverse inscription: CIV[...] EBORACI
Initial mark: mullet
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Ickburgh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL8195
Four figure Latitude: 52.52280819
Four figure longitude: 0.66647059
1:25K map: TL8195
1:10K map: TL89NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | 124 | 1946 |
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