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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: NMS-21BBC6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy square coin weight in abraded condition. On one face a small X-shaped motif is visible. 13.9 x 13.3 x 2.5mm. Weight 3.55g / 548 grains. 16th - 17th century.
Field CAW5
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.9 mm
Width: 13.3 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 5.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2016 - Thursday 31st March 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 33096
Other reference: SET032016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Cawston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1424
Four figure Latitude: 52.77116531
Four figure longitude: 1.17093051
1:25K map: TG1424
1:10K map: TG12SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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