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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-80E41A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval base silver penny of Edward VI dating to AD 1550-1553. The coin is misshapen and the legends on both sides of the coin have evidence of overstamping and the obverse appears to have parts of the reverse legend on it (although it does not appear to be a brockage), although the centre of the coins does not appear to have been overstamped. E D G ROSA SINE SPINA obverse depicting a double rose. CIVITAS LONDON reverse depicting a long cross fourchee over a royal shield. Mint of London. North 1945 (North, JJ, 1991, English Hammered Coinage Volume 2, Spink & Son, London p 124, no 1945).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1550
Date to: Exactly AD 1553
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.66 g
Diameter: 17.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5038
Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward VI of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Edward VI, Base silver, 1550-1553 (N 1945, 1946)
Obverse description: Double rose.
Obverse inscription: E D G [ROSA SINE SPINA]
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over royal shield.
Reverse inscription: [CIVITAS LONDON]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Tisbury
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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