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COIN
Unique ID: SF-8F568D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An extremely worn and clipped silver hammered Irish sixpence of James I, dating c. 1603-1604. First coinage, initial mark uncertain. The coin demonstrates a small piercing at 3 o'clock on its reverse face.
Evidence of reuse: pierced
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 1603
Date to: Circa AD 1604
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.49 g
Diameter: 21.29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th November 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Mint or issue place: Dublin City
Type: Sixpence: James I, 1603 - 1604 (N 2074, 2075)
Obverse description: Illegible (crowned bust right)
Obverse inscription: [....]FRA ET [..]B [...]
Reverse description: Crowned harp
Reverse inscription: [...]EATVR[...]NIT[...]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Market Weston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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