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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-8A5363
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval hammered silver sixpence of Charles I, a group E. The coin is clipped. Dates to between 1636 and 1643 AD.
The diameter is 28mm, and the weight 4.67g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1636
Date to: Exactly AD 1643
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.67 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th December 2019 - Monday 9th December 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Shilling
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Shilling: Charles I, Group E (N 2227 - 2230/3)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
To be known as: near Maryport
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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