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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: LEIC-6CFD76
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post Medieval copper alloy coin weight, 13mm long, 12mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 1.90g. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and is very worn. On one face it has a stamped image of a ship with forecastles and a rounded hull. Its other face is very worn but appears to have a rounded border with a possible figure and initials flanking it? the design matches several on page 25, Withers, P & B, Lions, Ships and Angels and is probably of continental manufacture.
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
Length: 13 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
To be known as: Earl Shilton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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