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COIN WEIGHT

Unique ID: ESS-2F4925

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper-alloy continental coin weight. A square coin weight for the Philipsgulden of the Low Countries. 16th - 17th century.

Obverse: St Philip the Apostle, standing facing. S P either side

Reverse: too worn to decipher

See Withers, P & B, Lions, Ships and Angels, 1995, P23

Dimensions: weight: 2.9g, width: 14.9mm, height: 15.2mm, thickness: 1.7mm

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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 15.2 mm
Width: 14.9 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 2.9 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Haveringland (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TG1520
Four figure Latitude: 52.7348659
Four figure longitude: 1.18310938
1:25K map: TG1520
1:10K map: TG12SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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