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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-A5488D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn silver halfpenny of the Edwardian period, c. AD 1279-1377. The coin is worn and is clipped or struck off-flan and so hard to identify. The coin has been pierced.
Notes:
The coin has been pierced, indicating a secondary function which would normally indicate that it should be considered as potential Treasure (under Treasure Act 1996). However, coins dating after AD1180 with similar piercings are also known in hoards of currency, suggesting that such objects could re-enter circulation as coins. It therefore cannot be said with confidence whether this particular object was regarded as a coin or as another type of object at the time that the coin was deposited.
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 1377
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.47 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 14.35 mm
Rally details.
This object was found at Leisure Promotions/Rotary Club Lark Hill Wantage
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Rallyticket435. 2014.384
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Edward I - III
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Halfpenny or farthing of Edward I - III, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: ED[...]
Reverse description: Long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: C[...] AM
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Lockinge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4186
Four figure Latitude: 51.5713857
Four figure longitude: -1.40981532
1:25K map: SU4186
1:10K map: SU48NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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