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COIN
Unique ID: BH-B9D2C8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete silver long-cross penny, probably of Edward III's Third, or 'Florin', Coinage (1344 - 1351).
Diameter: 15.7mm; thickness: 0.6mm. Weight: 0.52g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1344
Date to: Exactly AD 1351
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.52 g
Diameter: 15.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/56 - 4
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Edward III, 3rd 'florin' coinage (N 1113-1130), not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing.
Obverse inscription: Illegible.
Reverse description: Long cross, three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: Illegible.
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: Three Rivers (District)
To be known as: Abbots Langley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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