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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-0ACAF8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Contemporary copy of a long cross penny. Likely to be a reproduction of a silver penny from the reign of Edward I (1272 - 1307) (Spink, 3g). Obverse: Extremely, evident is a face and crown. Reverse: worn, Long-cross depicted with three pellets in each quarter
Weight: 1.49g, diameter: 17.81 mm, thickness: 1.38 mm.
Notes:
Found at rally at Ardleigh 2016
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.38 mm
Weight: 1.49 g
Diameter: 17.81 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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