Information for record number MWA5122:
Post medieval silver coin found in Middleton

Summary Findspot - a silver coin dating to the Post Medieval period was found. The exact location of the Findspot is unknown.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Middleton
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 19 95
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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2 A metal-detector user working at cSP1995 on a field lying to fallow, has found a silver half penny of Henry VIII (2nd coinage, 1526-44, initial mark lis). The location is not absolutely precise. The informant was sure this was roughly the right spot but had difficulty relating the topography to the map.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Finds in Middleton
Author/originator: Symons D
Date: 1986
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Roman and Medieval Chance Finds reported to Birmingham City Museum 1979-1991
Author/originator: Birmingham City Museum Dept of Archaeology
Date: 1991
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Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: Enquiry Form
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period Roman About 43 AD to 409 AD (the 1st century AD to the 5th century AD)

The Roman period comes after the Iron Age and before the Saxon period.

The Roman period in Britain began in 43 AD when a Roman commander called Aulus Plautius invaded the south coast, near Kent. There were a series of skirmishes with the native Britons, who were defeated. In the months that followed, more Roman troops arrived and slowly moved westwards and northwards.
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back

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