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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-61CE5C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval copper alloy rose farthing of Charles I dating to AD 1636-1644 (probably Type 2). CAROLVS D G MAG BRIT obverse depicting an arched crown with two sceptres in saltire through it reaching nearly to the edge of the coin. FRAN ET HIB REX reverse depicting a rose surmounted by an arched crown. North 2291 (North, JJ, 1991, English Hammered Coinage Volume 2, Spink & Son, London, p 165, no 2291).
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 1636
Date to: Circa AD 1644
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.37 g
Diameter: 13.26 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5171
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Farthing (Copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Mint or issue place: London (Tower under Charles I)
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Copper rose farthing of Charles I, type 2, single-arched crown (N 2291)
Obverse description: Arched crown with two sceptres in saltire through it reaching nearly to the edge of the coin.
Obverse inscription: [C]AROLVS D G MAG BR[IT]
Reverse description: Rose surmounted by arched crown.
Reverse inscription: [FRAN ET HIB REX]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Chilmark
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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