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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-D23A88
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
'Gunmoney' crown of James II, a gun metal halfcrown restruck as a crown, weight 13.56g, produced after 15th June 1690 and probably not after July of that year
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 1690
Date to: Exactly AD 1690
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th May 2015 - Wednesday 3rd June 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60467
Other reference: ENMD062015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: James II of England
Type: Irish: crown of James II, copper, 'gunmoney' coinage (S 6577-6578H)
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Coltishall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2819
Four figure Latitude: 52.72057249
Four figure longitude: 1.37461636
1:25K map: TG2819
1:10K map: TG21NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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