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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-FD451F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver longcross penny of Edward IV, 1461-1470, North 1544.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1461
Date to: Circa AD 1470
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.61 g
Diameter: 15.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 14-1349
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Edward IV, First reign, Heavy coinage, Class 4 (N 1541, 1543, 1544)
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Possibly a rose in the centre of the cross
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Whitchurch (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8021
Four figure Latitude: 51.8818338
Four figure longitude: -0.83915706
1:25K map: SP8021
1:10K map: SP82SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | 1544 |
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