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COIN

Unique ID: SUSS-AFA211

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1351

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.64 mm
Weight: 1.86 g
Diameter: 21.1 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 13th September 2013

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Quarter noble
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Gold quarter-noble: Edward III, 4th coinage, pre-treaty (N 1141; 1146; 1162; 1189-1192)
Obverse description: Shield quartered with the arms of England and France within a tressure of eight arches; pellet below shield.
Obverse inscription: EDWAR D G REX ANGL Z FRAE D hYB (misspelled)
Reverse description: Floriated cross with a lis at the end of each limb; in each angle, a lion passant, guardant; all within a tressure of eight arches; Closed E in centre of reverse cross.
Reverse inscription: EXALTABITVR IN GLLORIA (misspelled)
Initial mark: Cross I.
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock