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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-C52914
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained by finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1471
Date to: AD 1483
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.61 mm
Weight: 1.21 g
Diameter: 19.03 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd September 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (second reign)
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, trefoils on cusps, C on breast
Obverse inscription: EDWAR[...]
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee dividing legend, trefoil in each angle, [C] in centre of reverse
Reverse inscription: [POSVI DEV]ADIVTORE[M MEVM]
Initial mark: Rose?
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Chiltern (District)
To be known as: Amersham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 93 | 1638 |
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