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COIN

Unique ID: KENT-E34014

Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn post-medieval copper-alloy Rose Farthing (Type 2) of Charles I (r.1625-1649) dating to the period 1634-1636.North type 2291.

Description: Obv.:Single arched crown with two sceptres in saltire through it. Leg.: '[CAROLU(S) D G] MAG [BRI]'. Rev.: Single rose surmounted by single arched crown. Leg.: 'FRAN ET [HIB REX]'. Coin is quite corroded, worn and not struck on an irregular flan.

Measurements: 13.55mm in diameter, 1.04mm thick and 0.7g in weight.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1634
Date to: Circa AD 1636

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.04 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 13.55 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Farthing (Copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Copper rose farthing of Charles I, type 2, single-arched crown (N 2291)
Obverse description: Single arched crown with two sceptres in saltire through it
Obverse inscription: [CAROLU(S) D G] MAG [BRI]
Reverse description: Single rose surmounted by single arched crown
Reverse inscription: FRAN ET [HIB REX]
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Thanet (District)
Parish or ward: St. Nicholas At Wade (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TR2566
Four figure Latitude: 51.34851375
Four figure longitude: 1.22967397
1:25K map: TR2566
1:10K map: TR26NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
North, J.J.	1960	English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662	London	Spink and Son

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

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