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Unique ID: HAMP-FBAEE5
Object type certainty: Certain
A slightly worn, bent and clipped 15th-century silver late medieval groat of Edward IV, Second reign, Type XXI, London mint (1480-1483 AD; North 1631)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1480
Date to: Circa AD 1483
Dimensions and weight
Length: 25 mm
Width: 24.4 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 2.96 g
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]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (second reign) [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: Groat: Edward IV, Second reign (N 1631 - 1633) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, with rose on breat, within elaborate nine-arched double border with trefoils on the cusps
Obverse inscription: (Cinquefoil) EDWARD DI : GRA REX AnGL [Z FR]AnC (where ':' = double saltire stops)
Reverse description: Long cross pattée dividing two concentric circles of inscription and the centre of the coin. In each divided quarter are three pellets arranged in a trefoil
Reverse inscription: (Cinquefoil) POSVI x/DEVm * A/DIVTOR/E x mEVm ('I have made God my helper' - Psalm 54, 4.) // CIVI/TAS/LOn/DOn
Initial mark: Cinquefoil
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial data
Region: South East And London
County: Buckinghamshire
District: Aylesbury Vale
Parish: Buckingham
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SP6832
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd October 2011
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mrs Eleana Vandyk
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Identified by: Mrs Eleana Vandyk - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Robert Webley - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3225; J3
References cited
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Audit data
Created:
Friday 13th January 2012
Updated: Thursday 19th January 2012
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