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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-808EDD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
opper alloy coin. Milled Scottish bawbee or Scots Sixpence of Charles II (1660-1685), as kindly identified by the finder, issue of 1677.
Obverse description: Bust laureate draped .left.
Obverse inscription: CAR.II.D.G.SCO AN [--]ET.HIB.R
Reverse description: Crowned thistle with paired leaves.
Reverse inscription: NEMO.ME.IMPVNE.LACESSIT.1679
Diameter: 24.4mm, Weight: 8.05gms, die axis: 6
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 1677
Date to: Exactly AD 1677
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 8.05 g
Diameter: 24.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37024
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Bawbee
Ruler/issuer: Charles II of Scotland
Type: Scottish: Bawbee of Charles II, copper, Coinage of 1677 (S 5626-5629)
Obverse description: Bust laureate draped left
Obverse inscription: CAR.II.D.G.SCO AN [--]ET.HIB.R
Reverse description: Crowned thistle with paired leaves.
Reverse inscription: NEMO.ME.IMPVNE.LACESSIT.1677
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Laceby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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