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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-B39E42
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A slightly worn Post-Medieval copper-alloy Rose Farthing, probably type 1 or Type 2 of Charles I (1625-1649) dating to the period 1636 - 44. Legend illegible. North (1991) 2289, 2290 or 2291.
Measurements: 12.95mm in diameter, 0.94mm thick and 0.61g in weight
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 1636
Date to: Circa AD 1644
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.94 mm
Weight: 0.61 g
Diameter: 12.95 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Farthing (Copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Copper rose farthing of Charles I, type 1, double-arched crown (N 2287-2290)
Obverse description: Double arched crown with two sceptres in saltire through it. Sceptres reach to nearly edge of coin.
Obverse inscription: +[CAROLUS D:G MAG:BRI(T)]
Reverse description: DOuble Rose surmounded by Doubel arched crown
Reverse inscription: [FRA.ET.HIB.REX]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Swale (District)
Parish or ward: Borden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8863
Four figure Latitude: 51.33500511
Four figure longitude: 0.69745569
1:25K map: TQ8863
1:10K map: TQ86SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | Pg 165 | 2289 - 2291 |
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