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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-D3F130
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1640
Date to: Circa AD 1641
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.46 mm
Weight: 0.63 g
Diameter: 15.73 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2004
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: ?Bust? (very worn), within beaded circle. Mostly illegible inscription.
Obverse inscription: *[C D G ]R[OSA SINE SPIN]A
Reverse description: Shield, apparently that of Charles I (although worn away in places), within a beaded circle.
Reverse inscription: [IUSTITI]A.THRON[UM FIRMAT]
Initial mark: There is a star at one point on the inscripton.
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Nr. Petworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1975 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink & Son | 137-138 | 2263-2273 |
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