Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WAW-58955A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: Charles I (1625-1649), sixpence, minted in London, between 1625 and 1649. North Nos. 2238-2247/1.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1625
Date to: Exactly AD 1649
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.65 g
Diameter: 25.16 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th March 2016 - Sunday 6th March 2016
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Charles I, not further defined (N 2235 - 2247/1)
Obverse description: Bust facing left with VI behind. No inner circle.
Obverse inscription: CAROLVS D G MA BR FR ET HI REX
Reverse description: Ornate oval shield. No inner circle.
Reverse inscription: CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO7065
Four figure Latitude: 52.28231678
Four figure longitude: -2.44117682
1:25K map: SO7065
1:10K map: SO76NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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