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COIN

Unique ID: CORN-4D8E31

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1464
Date to: Circa AD 1470

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight: 1.95 g
Diameter: 26.2 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Edward IV, First reign, Light coinage (N 1562 - 1583)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing with quatrefoils by neck and rose on breast within a tressure of arches
Obverse inscription: [EDWARD DI G]RA REX ANGL Z FRANC
Reverse description: long cross pattee dividing legends with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVM ADI[VTORE'] MEVM / CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: missing
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine