Coin

Unique ID: LIN-9FE853

Object type certainty: Certain

Silver halfpenny, Richard III.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Post AD 1483
Date to: Ante AD 1485

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 0.42 g
Diameter: 13 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Halfpenny [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Richard III of England [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: London [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1351 - 1509 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: Halfpenny: Richard III, not further defined (N 1688) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: ]ARD REX[
Reverse description: Long cross, three pellets in angles
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
Parish: Roughton

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TF2464
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source:
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Personal details

Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Monday 6th October 2008
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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