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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-5ABA39
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-Medieval silver penny of Edward VI to Philip and Mary dated to 1550-1558
Obverse: Double rose [...]
Reverse: Long cross fourchée over royal shield [...]
The edges of this coins are heavily damages resulting in the loss of the inscription form the obverse and reverse.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1558
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.32 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2014 - Thursday 2nd February 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward VI of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Edward VI, Base silver, 1550-1553 (N 1945, 1946)
Obverse description: Double rose
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse description: Long cross fourchée over royal shield
Reverse inscription: [...]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Stroud (District)
Parish or ward: Frampton on Severn (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7508
Four figure Latitude: 51.77011122
Four figure longitude: -2.36370206
1:25K map: SO7508
1:10K map: SO70NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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