Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-3EBF23
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete silver scottish twenty pence of Charles I (AD 1625 to AD 1649), dating to the period AD 1637 to AD 1642. Spink 5581-91A.
Diameter: 15.2 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1637
Date to: Circa AD 1642
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 15.2 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Twenty pence
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Type: Scottish: Twentypence of Charles I, Third coinage (S 5581 - 5591A)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left. XX behind head. Reversed Cs
Obverse inscription: CAR DG SCOT ANG FR HIB R
Reverse description: Crowned thistle
Reverse inscription: IVSTITIA FIRMAT THRONVM
Initial mark: -
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SJ6532
Four figure Latitude: 52.88431204
Four figure longitude: -2.52157059
1:25K map: SJ6532
1:10K map: SJ63SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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