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Unique ID: SF-EAACC1
Object type certainty: Certain
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A clipped silver Irish penny of Edward IV, 'Bust with suns and roses/rose-on-cross coinage', c.1478-1483 AD. As Seaby, 1984, p. 122, no. 6393-6395.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1478
Date to: Circa AD 1483
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.51 g
Diameter: 13.61 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England
Mint or issue place: Dublin
Type: Irish penny of Edward IV, obverse facing bust with suns and roses , reverse rose on cross (S 6393 - 6398)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within an inner circle, alternating(?) sun and rose at crown and neck
Obverse inscription: []D DI GRA[]
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, rose at centre of the cross, rose and two suns and sun and two roses alternating in each internal angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: []/[]/[]VB[]LIN
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
No coin references available.
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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