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COIN
Unique ID: SF-5CBD45
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and incomplete silver Medieval penny, probably of Edward III 4th coinage, c.1351-1377 AD. Half of the coin is missing due to old breaks and the obverse legend has a die error reading EWARD instead of EDWARD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1351
Date to: Circa AD 1377
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.53 g
Diameter: 16.58 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: Durham
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Edward III, 4th coinage, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: +EWARD[]
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, crozier before CIVI, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: CIVI/[]/[]/[]
Initial mark: Cross 1?
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
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: West Wickham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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