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Unique ID: SF-F22315
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A worn silver penny, possibly of Richard II, York local dies(?), c.1377-1399 AD.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1377
Date to: Circa AD 1399
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.92 g
Diameter: 16.75 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Richard II of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Richard II, Local dies, York (N 1330)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, quatrefoil(?) on neck, within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: []C?[]RDVSxRE[]
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, quatrefoil with pellet at centre of the cross, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: (saltire)CIVI/[]/E[]R/ACI
Initial mark: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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