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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-8C8A51
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Irish copper alloy halfpenny of James II, 1691, Limerick mint. The coin has been struck over a larger shilling flan.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1691
Date to: Circa AD 1691
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 15-998
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: James II of England
Mint or issue place: Limerick City
Type: Irish: halfpenny of James II, copper, Limerick beseiged (S 6594)
Obverse inscription: IACOBVS II DEI GRATIA
Reverse description: Hibernia seated left holding a cross
Reverse inscription: HIBERNIA (the N is reversed)
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Misterton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST4409
Four figure Latitude: 50.87776813
Four figure longitude: -2.79732869
1:25K map: ST4409
1:10K map: ST40NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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