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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-97CFAB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Charles II (1649-1685) Scottish copper Bawbee (sixpence) dated 1678
Obv: [...]DG SCOT AN BA ET HIB R bust left
Rev: NEMO ME IMPVNE LASSECET 1678 Crowned thistle
NB The coin can't be removed from the coin pouch so no weight was taken
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 1678
Date to: Exactly AD 1678
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Bawbee
Ruler/issuer: Charles II of Scotland
Type: Scottish: Bawbee of Charles II, copper, Coinage of 1677 (S 5626-5629)
Obverse description: bust left
Obverse inscription: [...]DG SCOT AN BA ET HIB R
Reverse description: Crowned thistle
Reverse inscription: NEMO ME IMPVNE LASSECET 1678
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: Sedbergh
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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