Rights Holder: Durham County Council
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Unique ID: DUR-B5464A
Object type certainty: Certain
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A very badly clipped sixpence of James I dating to 1604. North Number 2075.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1604
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 19.15 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: James I, 1603 - 1604 (N 2074, 2075)
Obverse description: Crowned bust right with VI behind the head
Obverse inscription: Not present
Reverse description: Square shield.
Reverse inscription: Not present.
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: NZ2337
Four figure Latitude: 54.72746621
Four figure longitude: -1.64439555
1:25K map: NZ2337
1:10K map: NZ23NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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