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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-B8DEE0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete base silver post-medieval penny of Edward VI dating to the period AD 1550-1553. Third period. Initial mark: mullet. York mint. North: 1946.
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 1550
Date to: Exactly AD 1553
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.37 g
Diameter: 14.68 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 10th December 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4913 333y
Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward VI of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Edward VI, Base silver, 1550-1553 (N 1945, 1946)
Obverse description: Rose
Obverse inscription: [E D G] ROS[A SINE SPINA]
Reverse description: Long cross over royal shield
Reverse inscription: [CIVITAS] EBO[RACI]
Initial mark: mullet
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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