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COIN

Unique ID: OXON-BDEA24

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Notes:

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 1608
Date to: Circa AD 1608

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.9 g
Diameter: 25 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd December 2018

Rally details.

This object was found at Metal Detectives Christmas Rally 2018 Merton, Oxon

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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: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: James I, 1604-1619 (N 2102, 2103)
Obverse description: Within a pelleted bordure, the King's bust right crowned and ruffed. Behind the head, on the left, VI
Obverse inscription: [...]JACOBVS ...
Reverse description: Within a pelleted bordure on a shield the Arms of England, Quarterly 1 & 4 Quarterly i & iv France; ii & iii England; 2 Scotland, 3 Ireland. Above the shield the date 1608
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor