Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-99AD3C
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn copper-alloy farthing of George IV, dated on the coin to 1825 AD. As Spink no. 3822. This coin is one of a small group of four farthings all buried in the ground together, see: SF-994541, SF-9996ED, and SF-999E58.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1825
Date to: Circa AD 1825
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.27 g
Diameter: 22.03 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2015
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Ruler/issuer: George IV of the United Kingdom
Category: Modern
Obverse description: Laureate bust left
Obverse inscription: GEORGIUS IIII DEI GRATIA
Reverse description: Britannia seated right, the date 1825 in exergue
Reverse inscription: BRITANNIAR REX FID DEF
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
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