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COIN
Unique ID: BH-4B5662
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver farthing of Edward I, II or III. This coin is of Edwardian Classes 10 - 15, minted at London, 1300 - 1344.
Diameter: 11.9mm; thickness: 0.4mm; weight: 0.29g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1300
Date to: Exactly AD 1344
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.29 g
Diameter: 11.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th January 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/16 - 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Farthing
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing.
Obverse inscription: +EDWARDVS REX AN
Reverse description: Long cross, three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Cross pattee.
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Heydon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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