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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-3E19CB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver coin. Coin of an indeterminate post-medieval ruler, possibly issue of 1558-1649; Chipped and bent.
Obverse description: Worn smooth.
Reverse description: Trace of inner circle and of one arm of a long cross which is crossed at right angles by a straight line close to the edge of the flan; presumably part of a shield of Arms.
Diameter: 14.4mm, Weight: 0.43gms
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 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1649
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.43 g
Diameter: 14.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th August 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM43228
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I - Charles I
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Silver coin of Elizabeth I to Charles I, reverse coat of arms
Obverse description: Worn smooth
Reverse description: Trace of inner circle and of one arm of a long cross which is crossed at right angles by a straight line close to the edge of the flan; presumably part of a shield of Arms.
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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