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TOKEN

Unique ID: SUSS-457C93

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy coin of George III which has been made into a token, by the addition of the letters IR which have been stamped on the obverse of the coin, directly over the head.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1760
Date to: Circa AD 1820

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.47 mm
Weight: 6.27 g
Diameter: 26.87 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Jetton / token data

Issuer: George III of the United Kingdom
Denomination: Token penny
Obverse description: Laureate bust facing right. IR stamped onto face.
Obverse inscription: GEORGIVS III REX
Reverse description: Illegible.
Reverse inscription: Illegible.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Arun (District)
To be known as: Nr. Patching

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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