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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-C4E7FF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval silver sixpence of Charles I. Probably Group E.
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 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1649
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.75 g
Diameter: 26 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Charles II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Modern
Type: Sixpence: Charles II (N 2765 - 2767)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: CAROLVS II D G MAG BRIT FRAN ET HIB REX
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near North Ormsby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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