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Unique ID: GLO-B6B054
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver hammered Scottish twenty pence of Charles I third coinage dated to 1637-1642
Obverse: crowned bust facing left with XX behind CAR D G SCOT ANG FR ET HIB R
Reverse: crowned thistle IVSTITIA THRONVM FIRMAT
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1637
Date to: Circa AD 1642
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.86 g
Diameter: 16 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2014 - Monday 1st September 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Twenty pence
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Type: Scottish: Twentypence of Charles I, Third coinage (S 5581 - 5591A)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing left with XX behind
Obverse inscription: CAR D G SCOT ANG FR ET HIB R
Reverse description: crowned thistle
Reverse inscription: IVSTITIA THRONVM FIRMAT
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: ST6468
Four figure Latitude: 51.40987151
Four figure longitude: -2.51899165
1:25K map: ST6468
1:10K map: ST66NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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