Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-2B25E7
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver, Medieval, Groat of Edward IV (AD 1461 - AD 1470 and AD 1471 - AD 1483), First Reign Light Coinage Issue, dating to the period AD 1464/5 - AD 1470, Initial Mark: Obverse: Crown, Reverse: Sun, Mint: London, North type 1571, page 87.
Diameter: 24 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1464
Date to: Exactly AD 1470
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 14th June 2014 - Saturday 14th June 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, quatrefoil at breast, and one above each shoulder, trefoil at cusps of tressures but not above crown.
Obverse inscription: EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGLI Z FRANC
Reverse description: Long cross potent divides the two legends, 3 pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEVMA/DIVTOR/EMEVM/CIVITAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Obverse: Crown
Reverse: Sun
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP2170
Four figure Latitude: 52.32769549
Four figure longitude: -1.69327931
1:25K map: SP2170
1:10K map: SP27SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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