Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-C3FE9C
Object type certainty: Certain
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A clipped silver penny of Charles I, c.1625-1649 AD. As North, 1975, p. 138, no. 2270. It has a pierced circular hole towards the outer edge.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1649
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 15.25 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Mint or issue place: London (Tower under Charles I)
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Charles I, Group D (N 2267 - 2271)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, I behind head, no inner circles
Obverse inscription: CAROLVS D G M B F ET H REX
Reverse description: Round garnished shield, no inner circles
Reverse inscription: IVSTITIA THRONVM FIRMAT
Initial mark: Two pellets
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
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