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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-FDA50F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn fragment of a Scottish medieval penny of Alexander III, 1280-92.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1280
Date to: Exactly AD 1292
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 15.97 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 14-807
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Alexander III of Scotland
Type: Scottish: Alexander III Long cross and stars second coinage solid cross (S 5049 - 5064)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: Solid long cross and stars
Reverse inscription: [RE]X S[COTORVM]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
Parish or ward: Icklesham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8716
Four figure Latitude: 50.91316804
Four figure longitude: 0.65875573
1:25K map: TQ8716
1:10K map: TQ81NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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