Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
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Unique ID: NLM-D53E13
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Farthing, probably a privately milled coin following the dimensions of the fourth official issue of 1806, though the base of the bust is here concave rather than convex.
Obverse description: Bust laureate draped and cuirassed right.
Obverse inscription: [---] III.REX
Reverse description: indistinct;probably Britannia seated left, only the exergual line is clearly discernible.
Reverse inscription: BRITAN [NIA]
Diameter: 21.4mm, Weight: 2.53gms, die axis: 12
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1806
Date to: Exactly AD 1806
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.53 g
Diameter: 21.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th August 2017
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Other reference: NLM36925
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Farthing (Copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: George III of the United Kingdom
Category: Modern
Type: Farthing: George III (S 3775, 3779, 3782)
Obverse description: Bust laureate draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: [---] III.REX
Reverse description: indistinct;probably Britannia seated left, only the exergual line is clearly discernible.
Reverse inscription: BRITAN [NIA]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE9420
Four figure Latitude: 53.66803657
Four figure longitude: -0.57874001
1:25K map: SE9420
1:10K map: SE92SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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