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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-C3BF01
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver sixpence of James II, (1685-1688). Reverse: []; crowned cruciform shields. Obverse: laureate bust left.
The coin has been curved into a gentle S-shape indicating that it may have been reused as a 'love token'. The bust has been stamped with an oval countermark which is worn.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1685
Date to: Circa AD 1688
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.2 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2016 - Tuesday 22nd November 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: James II of England
Category: Modern
Type: Sixpence: James II (S 3412 - 3413)
Obverse description: Laureate bust left.
Reverse description: Crowned cruciform shields.
Reverse inscription: [...]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Acton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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