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MEDALLION
Unique ID: NLM-EA2D15
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy medallion. Milled medallion commemorating the 1897 Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). A suspension loop appears on a short stalk set at 12 O'clock obverse.
Obverse description: Bust facing turned leftwards, veiled and crowned.
Obverse inscription: VICTORIA QUEEN OF ENGLAND AND EMPRESS OF INDIA
Reverse description: Wreath enclosing dates: 1837 / 1897
Reverse inscription: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LONGEST REIGN IN BRITISH HISTORY.
Diameter: 24.6mm, Weight: 3.52gms, die axis: 12
Class: Commemorative
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 1897
Date to: Exactly AD 1897
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.52 g
Diameter: 24.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 27th November 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38124
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Wharton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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