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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-CA71A3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn silver sixpence possibly of William III, (1694-1702).
The coin has been curved into a gentle S-shape indicating that it may have been reused as a 'love token'.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1694
Date to: Circa AD 1702
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015 - Sunday 30th August 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: William III of England
Category: Modern
Type: Sixpence: William III (S 3520 - 3548)
Obverse description: Worn.
Reverse description: Worn.
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Barnwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL0483
Four figure Latitude: 52.43509134
Four figure longitude: -0.47163141
1:25K map: TL0483
1:10K map: TL08SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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