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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: LVPL-620C04
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval copper alloy Low Countries coin weight for the Spanish escudo.
Obverse: Cross potent in quatrefoil, three pellets in each angle.
Reverse: worn.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.95 mm
Width: 15.22 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 6.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Skirpenbeck
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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