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COIN

Unique ID: DUR-415795

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1637
Date to: Exactly AD 1642

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 20.97 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Forty pence
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Type: Scottish: Fortypence of Charles I, Third coinage (S 5575 - 5580)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left. XI to the right (behind the head).
Obverse inscription: ...SCOT ANG FR ET HIB R ...
Reverse description: Large crowned thistle with small letter B above.
Reverse inscription: SALVS REIPVB SVPREMA LEX
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock