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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: NMS-2F9767
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy coin weight, square, uniface, crown above a shield with three lis and a crowned lis on both sides. Rather worn. 12.5 x 12.5 x 1.2mm. Weight 1.43g. For a French half ecu d'or (= c.1.75g). Withers and Withers 1995, 39 and 70. 1423 - 1475.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1423
Date to: Circa AD 1475
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.5 mm
Width: 12.5 mm
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 1.43 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd December 2013 - Thursday 29th May 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59835
Other reference: ECKW062014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Hingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0202
Four figure Latitude: 52.57827959
Four figure longitude: 0.97983244
1:25K map: TG0202
1:10K map: TG00SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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