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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-DCD49A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper-alloy duit of Hollandia, Province of the Netherlands, dated 1739 on the reverse.
Obverse: rampant lion with spear in closed "Dutch" garden
Reverse: HOL / LAN / DIA. / 1739
Reference: KM# 80; Craig, United Netherlands C2
Dimensions: weight: 2.62g, diameter: 21.38mm, thickness: 1.3mm
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 1739
Date to: Exactly AD 1739
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 2.62 g
Diameter: 21.38 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Duit
Ruler/issuer: Republic of the United Netherlands
Mint or issue place: Holland
Type: Republic of the United Netherlands: copper duit
Obverse description: Rampant lion facing left with spear, enclosed in a dutch garden
Reverse description: Inscription over three lines with date below
Reverse inscription: HOL/LAN/DIA/1739
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Framlingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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