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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-BA0551
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloycoin. Milled coin, kindly identified byPaul Cannon as a Swedish copper coin of Gustav IV Adolf (1792-1809). The denomination is a 1/4 Skilling.
Obverse description: Monogram of the letters AG below imperial or cushion crown, with the Roman numeral IV to right in smaller lettering, and with a smaller crown to its right.
Rebverse description: Crossed arrows with points upwards; the numeral ¼ appears between the arrow points, and the word SKIL L appears unevenly divided by the point where they meet. The date 1807 appears below this central point.
Diameter: 25.3mm, Weight: 6.27gms, die axis: 12
Inscription:
SKIL L
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1807
Date to: Exactly AD 1807
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.27 g
Diameter: 25.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 23rd February 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM28349
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Other
Obverse description: Monogram of the letters AG below imperial or cushion crown, with the Roman numeral IV to right in smaller lettering, and with a smaller crown to its right.
Reverse description: Crossed arrows with points upwards; the numeral ¼ appears between the arrow points, and the word SKIL L appears unevenly divided by the point where they meet. The date 1807 appears below
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Winterton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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