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Unique ID: OXON-BDEA24
Object type certainty: Certain
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A clipped silver six pence of James I, AD 1603 - 1714, dated 1608. Second coinage, fourth bust. Initial mark coronet dating to 1608 (on coin). Mint of London. North (1991:146) no. 2103. It has hole, situated at 6pm, on the obverse from the back.
Notes:
Oxfordshire PAS Record Sheet No. 825
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1608
Date to: Circa AD 1608
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.9 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd December 2018
This object was found at Metal Detectives Christmas Rally 2018 Merton, Oxon
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP5718
Four figure Latitude: 51.85768493
Four figure longitude: -1.17375277
1:25K map: SP5718
1:10K map: SP51NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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