Rights Holder: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
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Unique ID: WILT-A4B604
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn copper-alloy post-medieval rose farthing possibly type 2 of Charles I dating to the period c AD 1636-1644. Cf North 2291.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1636
Date to: Circa AD 1644
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.67 g
Diameter: 13.12 mm
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Other reference: WHM 1588
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Farthing (Copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Mint or issue place: London (Tower under Charles I)
Type: Copper rose farthing of Charles I, type 2, single-arched crown (N 2291)
Obverse description: Possibly single arched crown with two sceptres in saltire through it.
Obverse inscription: Illegible.
Reverse description: Single rose surmounted by a single arched crown.
Reverse inscription: Illegible.
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU0856
Four figure Latitude: 51.30306684
Four figure longitude: -1.88662959
1:25K map: SU0856
1:10K map: SU05NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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