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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-825985
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn copper alloy post-medieval 'rose farthing' of Charles I. Probably Type 2, however the coin is too worn to discern any initial marks. AD 1636-1644 AD; probably North 2291. This coin has a brass wedge-shaped insert at around 12 o'clock put there to prevent counterfeiting.
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 1636
Date to: Circa AD 1644
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 13.3 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2015.195
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Farthing (Copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Copper rose farthing of Charles I, type 2, single-arched crown (N 2291)
Obverse description: Single arched crown with cross sceptres
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Croned rose
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Hart (District)
Parish or ward: Mattingley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7458
Four figure Latitude: 51.31630687
Four figure longitude: -0.93957976
1:25K map: SU7458
1:10K map: SU75NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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