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MEDALLION
Unique ID: LANCUM-9D4B2F
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
White metal Moroccan medallion with Arabic script on both faces. The medal is dated 1299 which equated to 1881.
The diameter is 19mm and the weight 1.54g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 1881
Date to: Exactly AD 1881
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.54 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 6th October 2016 - Thursday 6th October 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: White metal
Completeness: Incomplete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Blackburn with Darwen (Unitary Authority)
District: Blackburn with Darwen (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: North Turton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD7315
Four figure Latitude: 53.6308242
Four figure longitude: -2.40976145
1:25K map: SD7315
1:10K map: SD71NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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