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COIN
Unique ID: SF-49DA65
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn and clipped silver hammered half real of Ferdinand and Isabella, dating c. 1474-1504. Uncertain Spanish mint.
'Edward Besly of the National Museum and Gallery of Wales has commented on these coins,"As far as I understand, they are very difficult to date because production continued long after their deaths (1516 [F] and 1504 [I]) towards the middle of the sixteenth century. They were made legal tender under Philip and Mary (1554-8) but Elizabeth promptly banned them. However, they continued to be used well into the seventeenth century and very worn ones occasionally turn up in Civil War hoards"
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1474
Date to: Circa AD 1504
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.51 g
Diameter: 17.47 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th December 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half real
Ruler/issuer: Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Type: Spain: Silver half real of Ferdinand and Isabella (Clemente and Cayon 2538-2614)
Obverse description: Yoke surrounded by scrollwork
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Sheaf of arrows
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Norton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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