Record ID: SWYOR-12B278
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Post Medieval coin of Edward VI (AD 1547 - 1553), uncertain issue and date. The coin has been cut into two pieces, the centre removed, and the remaining crescents folded round each other. One piece was bent into a loop, and the other was folded round the loop, with one end tucked through it and bent to secure it. They remain linked but not adhered to each other. Parts of the legends are visible, and part of the shield on the reverse, but not the obverse design. It is not clear whether it was the intention to make this knot, or whether these pieces are the waste material af…
Created on: Tuesday 24th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.