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MEDALLION
Unique ID: NLM-C51E95
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy medallion fragment. A small chip from a medallion, probably a private commemorative issue; the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897 may be one likely occasion compatible with the royal styles invoked here, though other royal events around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries were similarly marked.
Obverse description: possibly edge of laurel wreath.
Obverse inscription: (--)ORIO(--) - possibly from Glorious
Reverse description: indistinct.
Reverse inscription: (--)D & EM(--) - possibly from Empress
Diameter (estimated): 40mm, Thickness: 1.8mm, Weight: 2.17gms:
Class:
Commemorative
Inscription:
(--)ORIO(--) / (--)D & EM(--)
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
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 2.17 g
Diameter: 40 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38550
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Fragment
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Market Rasen
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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