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COIN
Unique ID: SF-A395C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Irish copper-alloy 'gun money' shilling of James II, dated on the coin to June 1690.
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 1690
Date to: Exactly AD 1690
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.5 g
Diameter: 23.54 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Shilling
Ruler/issuer: James II of England
Category: Modern
Type: Irish: shilling of James II, copper, 'gunmoney' coinage (S 6581-6582)
Obverse description: Laureate bust of James II facing left
Obverse inscription: IACOBVS.II.DEI.GRATIA
Reverse description: Crown with two sceptres crossed through, above crown XII, , below crown June
Reverse inscription: 1690.MAG.BR.FRA.ET.HIB.REX.
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Worlington
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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