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MEDAL
Unique ID: NLM-B36AF5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy medal fragment. One arm of a commemorative medal marking the 1838 Coronation of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). The medal was formed as a Greek or Maltese Cross and this arm has a concave lower edge,. An external rim confines motifs and legends, here comprising a crown imperial and the words CROWNED 1838. A pair of spurs on the top edge (one lost) may have attached the medal to a ribbon or other means of suspension. The reverse bears an indistinct legend over two lines: Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1838.
Width: 30mm, Height: 12.4mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 2.03gms.
Class:
Commemorative
Inscription:
CROWNED 1838
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 1838
Date to: Exactly AD 1838
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 12.4 mm
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 2.03 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th May 2015
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Materials and construction
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: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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