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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-A70217
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Edward VI, 1550-1553, London mint.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1553
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.56 g
Diameter: 14.79 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B15-979
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward VI of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Edward VI, Fine silver, 1550-1553 (N 1942)
Obverse description: A rose
Obverse inscription: [ED]G ROSA SI[NE SPI]NA
Reverse description: A shield
Reverse inscription: [CIVITAS] LONDON
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Crowmarsh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6186
Four figure Latitude: 51.56958062
Four figure longitude: -1.12127055
1:25K map: SU6186
1:10K map: SU68NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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