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Unique ID: KENT-D94C83
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete but worn and slightly clipped/abraded, mistruck, post-medieval silver penny of Charles I (AD 1625 - 1649). Probably Group D, dating to AD 1639-1641. Minted at the Tower of London under Charles I, Initial mark triangle. North (1991) no.2271
Measurements: 12.60mm in diameter, 0.58mm thick and 0.44g in weight.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1639
Date to: Circa AD 1641
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.58 mm
Weight: 0.44 g
Diameter: 12.6 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Mint or issue place: London (Tower under Charles I)
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Charles I, Group D (N 2267 - 2271)
Obverse description: Group D bust facing left, mark of value behind head.
Obverse inscription: CA[ROLVS D G MAG BRI FR ET HIB] REX
Reverse description: Rounder shield with new garniture, no inner circle.
Reverse inscription: [IVSTITIA THRONV]M .FIR[MAT]
Initial mark: Triangle
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TQ8261
Four figure Latitude: 51.31899105
Four figure longitude: 0.6103993
1:25K map: TQ8261
1:10K map: TQ86SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 |