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COIN
Unique ID: DEV-184D15
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval silver hammered coin, possibly of Alfonso III of Portugal (AD 1248 - 1279).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1248
Date to: Circa AD 1279
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.64 g
Diameter: 15.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th September 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX4854
Four figure Latitude: 50.36622024
Four figure longitude: -4.13857875
1:25K map: SX4854
1:10K map: SX44SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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