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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-FC31A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1685
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.07 g
Diameter: 30.58 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st March 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ID 3495
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Silver
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Ruler/issuer: Charles II of England
Category: Modern
Obverse description: Illegible, would have been bust facing left
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Illegible. Just possible to see divisions of the square royal shield.
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Coin references
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