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COIN
Unique ID: SF-A49F47
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Irish halfpenny of Edward I, c.1279-1302 AD. As Seaby nos. 6263-6264.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1279
Date to: Circa AD 1302
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 14.31 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: WKS 005
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Edward I of England
Mint or issue place: Waterford City
Type: Irish: halfpenny of Edward I, second coinage, solid long cross (S 6257 - 6266)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within a triangle
Obverse inscription: []D[]/ANGL' D/NS hYB
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: CIVI/[]S/VATE/RFOR
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Wickham Skeith
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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