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Unique ID: DEV-C71A1D
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete Post-Medieval silver penny of James I (AD 1603-1625), dating to AD 1604-1625. Second or Third coinage, uncertain initial mark. London mint. The coin is broken between c. 1 and 8 o'clock on the obverse, there is a narrow, central sub-rectangular piercing, probably stabbed from the obverse.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1604
Date to: Exactly AD 1625
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.3 g
Diameter: 13.3 mm
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Other reference: SCC receipt: 019847
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: James I, not further defined (N 2077, 2106/1, 2106/2, 2128)
Obverse description: Rose
Obverse inscription: I D G ROSA [SINE SPINA]
Reverse description: Thistle
Reverse inscription: [...]TVR VN[...]
Initial mark: Uncertain
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SY2797
Four figure Latitude: 50.76797482
Four figure longitude: -3.03652922
1:25K map: SY2797
1:10K map: SY27NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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