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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-3771DC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Edward VI, 1550-1553, York mint. The mint mark is illegible.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1553
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.68 g
Diameter: 16.12 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B15-1308
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: York
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Edward VI, not further defined (N 1883 - 1888, 1902, 1903, 1942, 1945, 1946)
Obverse description: A rose
Obverse inscription: [E]DG ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: A shield
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS EBORACI
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: Moulsford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5884
Four figure Latitude: 51.55191577
Four figure longitude: -1.16487958
1:25K map: SU5884
1:10K map: SU58SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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