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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-549221
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
James 1st Silver Shilling, First bust and coinage
Silver Irish shilling of James I, Tower, extremely worn and initial mark unclear, 1603-4
Notes:
OBVERSE READS: - - -OBVS DG --G -CO --- ET HIB REX
REVERSE READS: EXVRGT DEUS DISSIPE - - - - INIMICI
Class:
James 1st Silver Shilling
Sub class: First bust
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: CUMBRIA
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1603
Date to: Circa AD 1604
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2019
Personal details
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NY5674228805
Museum accession number: lvpl
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Shilling
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Shilling: James I, 1603 - 1604 (N 2072, 2073)
Obverse inscription: - - - OBVS DG--G -CO - - - ET HIB REX
Reverse inscription: EX VRGT DEUS DISSIPE - - - - INIMICI
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NY5628
Four figure Latitude: 54.6451784
Four figure longitude: -2.68333687
1:25K map: NY5628
1:10K map: NY52NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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