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COIN

Unique ID: DOR-E296A3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A foreign silver coin of an unknown denomination and ruler possibly dating to 1450-1600. The coin is very worn and has been clipped into a quatrefoil, possibly around an arched tressure design.

Date: Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval.

Diameter: 19.34mm

Weight: 1.0g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 19.34 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th November 2013

Rally details.

This object was found at Lychett Minster

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: FRS/77

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Category: Non English coin
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Purbeck (District)
Parish or ward: Lytchett Minster and Upton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY9593
Four figure Latitude: 50.73658993
Four figure longitude: -2.07221839
1:25K map: SY9593
1:10K map: SY93SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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