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Unique ID: SF-B54C65
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver Medieval halfpenny of Edward I, Berwick mint, Withers and Withers (2006: p. 54) Type 2b, c.1296-1310 AD.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1296
Date to: Circa AD 1310
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.62 g
Diameter: 14.84 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th February 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Edward I of England
Mint or issue place: Berwick
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Halfpenny: Edward I, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Class 2, Withers type 5 (N 1085/2)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: +EDWA R ANGL DNS hYB
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: VILL/ABE/[]/VICI
Initial mark: Cross potent
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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