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COIN
Unique ID: SF-47C1F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and incomplete silver Scottish coin, probably a quarter thistle merk of James VI, dated on the coin to 1602 AD. As Seaby no. 5499.
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 1602
Date to: Circa AD 1602
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.16 g
Diameter: 21.15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter thistle merk
Ruler/issuer: James VI of Scotland
Mint or issue place: Edinburgh Castle
Type: Scottish: Quarter merk of James VI silver, Second Coinage (S 5479)
Obverse description: Crowned shield within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: IACOBVS 6 D G R SCOT[]
Reverse description: A crowned thistle within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: REGEM IOVA PROTEGIT 1602
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Barningham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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