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Unique ID: HAMP-0BCC0C
Object type certainty: Certain
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A clipped post-medieval silver shilling of Charles I (1625-1649). Group D (North 2225). Initial mark: tun, dating to 1636-1638. Mint of London (Tower). North (1975, 135).
Worn, it measures 29.8mm in diameter, 1.0mm in thickness and weighs 5.70g
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1636
Date to: Exactly AD 1638
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 5.7 g
Diameter: 29.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 18th September 1992 - Friday 18th September 1992
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Other reference: Winchester Collections AY 568
Museum accession number: WINCM: AY 568.391
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Shilling
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Mint or issue place: London (Tower under Charles I)
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Shilling: Charles I, Group D (N 2223 - 2226)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left; XII behind bust right (Fourth bust); no inner circle
Obverse inscription: C[...]S . D'. G'. MA'. BR.' F[R] ET . HI.' REX .
Reverse description: Round garnished shield; no inner circle
Reverse inscription: CHRISTO . AVSPICE . REGNO .
Initial mark: tun
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU5828
Four figure Latitude: 51.04842944
Four figure longitude: -1.17396369
1:25K map: SU5828
1:10K map: SU52NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 135 | 2225 |