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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-DB97CB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver Irish sixpence of James I, Tower, heavily worn, bell initial mark, 1st issue, 1603-4
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 1603
Date to: Exactly AD 1604
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2015 - Wednesday 6th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ENMD052015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Irish: sixpence of James I, first coinage (S 6514)
Initial mark: bell
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
Parish or ward: Darsham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM4269
Four figure Latitude: 52.26587064
Four figure longitude: 1.54518762
1:25K map: TM4269
1:10K map: TM46NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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