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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-D544FE
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post Medieval copper alloy farthing coin of Carles I. Type 2, single arched crown.
The coin is very worn away, but most features still remain. The obverse has a crown with crossed sceptres and a legend of "CAROLVS [...] MA [...] RI". The reverse has a crowned rose with a much worse condition. The reverse reads "FR [...] I [...] EX"
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 1636
Date to: Circa AD 1644
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.82 g
Diameter: 13 mm
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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
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Copper rose farthing of Charles I, type 2, single-arched crown (N 2291)
Obverse description: Single arched crown with two crossed sceptres behind.
Obverse inscription: CAROLVS [...] MA [...] RI
Reverse description: Crowned rose.
Reverse inscription: FR [...] I [...] EX
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Marton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8382
Four figure Latitude: 53.32841795
Four figure longitude: -0.7552251
1:25K map: SK8382
1:10K map: SK88SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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