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COIN
Unique ID: SF-AB55E6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete silver continental sterling imitation of an English penny of Gui of Dampierre, c. 1279-1305 AD, the Count of Flanders and marquis of Namur. Mayhew type 13. [Ed.cont]
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1279
Date to: Circa AD 1305
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.15 g
Diameter: 19.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Guy of Dampierre count of Flanders (1278-1304) marquis of Namur (1263-1297)
Mint or issue place: Namur
Type: Edwardian imitation: obverse MARChION.NAMVR; reverse G.COMES.FLANDRI (M 13-17)
Obverse description: Bare-headed bust facing within an inner circle, saltires by neck
Obverse inscription: MARChIO NAMVRC, reverse barred N
Reverse description: Long cross patty dividing the field into quarters; three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: []CO/MES/FLA/DR[]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Wordwell
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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