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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-CED3F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval silver Scottish thistle merk of James I (James VI of Scotland) dating from c. AD1602. Spink 5497.
Obv: IACOBVS 6 D G R SCOTORVM crowned shield of England
Rev: REGEM IOVA PROTEGIT crowned thistle
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1602
Date to: Exactly AD 1602
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 29.85 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 26th April 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Thistle merk
Ruler/issuer: James VI of Scotland
Mint or issue place: Edinburgh Castle
Type: Scottish: Thistle Merk of James VI, Silver, Eighth coinage (S 5497)
Obverse description: crowned shield of England
Obverse inscription: IACOBVS 6 D G R SCOTORVM
Reverse description: crowned thistle
Reverse inscription: REGEM IOVA PROTEGIT
Initial mark: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: Boston (District)
To be known as: Boston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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