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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-A23EB7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A very worn tin coin of William & Mary, probably a halfpenny, with a copper alloy plug in the centre of the obv. A seated Britannia can just be seen on the reverse.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2003
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Tin or tin alloy
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: William III and Mary II
Obverse description: A copper alloy plug in the centre of the obv otherwise illegible
Reverse description: A seated Britannia
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Hanslope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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