Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-3612B6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: A complete copper alloy Irish half penny of James II (AD 1685 to AD 1691), dating to AD 1688, minted in either Dublin or Limerick in Ireland. Spink (2003), p167, no 6576.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1688
Date to: Exactly AD 1688
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.69 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Diameter: 26.03 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th October 2015 - Sunday 18th October 2015
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: James II of England
Category: Modern
Type: Irish: halfpenny of James II, copper, regular coinage (S 6576)
Obverse description: laureate bust facing left
Obverse inscription: [JACOBVS] DEI GRATIA
Reverse description: Crowned harp with date (1688)
Reverse inscription: [MAG BR FRA] ET HIB REX
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SJ8413
Four figure Latitude: 52.71441847
Four figure longitude: -2.23828423
1:25K map: SJ8413
1:10K map: SJ81SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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