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Unique ID: LANCUM-CAB33A
Object type certainty: Certain
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Scottish thistle merk of James VI of Scotland dated 1601. Spink 5497.
Obv: IACOBVS 6 D G R SCOTORVM Crowned shield
Rev: REGEM IOVA PROT[EGIT] 1601 Crowned thistle
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1601
Date to: Exactly AD 1601
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2016
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Denomination: Thistle merk
Ruler/issuer: James VI of Scotland
Mint or issue place: Edinburgh Castle
Type: Scottish: Thistle Merk of James VI, Silver, Eighth coinage (S 5497)
Obverse description: Crowned shield
Obverse inscription: IACOBVS 6 D G R SCOTORVM
Reverse description: Crowned thistle
Reverse inscription: REGEM IOVA PROT[EGIT] 1601
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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