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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-176FB1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval penny, possibly of Elizabeth I dating to c.1558-1603. The coin is very worn, and only a small part of the inscription and motif remains.
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 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.9 mm
Width: 17.4 mm
Weight: 0.66 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st August 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: AYBCM 5086
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII - Charles I
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross
Reverse inscription: [...]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Mentmore (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9120
Four figure Latitude: 51.87116091
Four figure longitude: -0.67965415
1:25K map: SP9120
1:10K map: SP92SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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