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Unique ID: KENT-EBC9BE
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A slightly worn Post-Medieval copper-alloy Rose Farthing (Type 2) of Charles I (1625-1649) dating to the period 1636-1644. Mintmark: Crescent. North (1991) no.2291.
Measurements: 13.14mm in diameter, 0.87mm thick and 0.6g in weight
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1636
Date to: Circa AD 1644
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.87 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 13.14 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Farthing (Copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Mint or issue place: London (Tower under Charles I)
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 sceptres in saltire through it which nearly reach to the edge of the flan
Obverse inscription: +CAROLU D:G MA:BRI
Reverse description: Single rose surmounted by single arched crown
Reverse inscription: FRA:ET HIB.REX+
Initial mark: Crescent
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TQ3778
Four figure Latitude: 51.48436664
Four figure longitude: -0.02833635
1:25K map: TQ3778
1:10K map: TQ37NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |