Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-EC6A5F
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-Medieval silver coin: a penny of the Commonwealth, dating from AD 1649 - 1660. It is 13.3mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 0.53gm. Reference: North, volume 2, page 206, number 2729.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1649
Date to: Circa AD 1660
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.53 g
Diameter: 13.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th February 2014 - Sunday 9th February 2014
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Other reference: PAS form number 2207
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Commonwealth of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Commonwealth (N 2729)
Obverse description: The shield of St. George within a wreath formed of a palm and a laurel branch.
Obverse inscription: none
Reverse description: Conjoined shields of St. George and Ireland with mark of value I above.
Reverse inscription: none
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE4916
Four figure Latitude: 53.63823153
Four figure longitude: -1.26037508
1:25K map: SE4916
1:10K map: SE41NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | 206 | 2729 |