COIN

Unique ID: BERK-8CCFE5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Notes:

There are three other PAS-recorded examples of this coin type which use the 'GAhLORI' spelling mistake on the reverse:SUSS-538E67, SUSS-B348A4 and HAMP-4D93CA.

A rare coin type this is the first coin of its type recorded by the PAS from West Berkshire.

Note that North (1991: 52) states that his nos 1189/1190 'are the same coin entered twice to represent each sub-series'.

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1356
Date to: Exactly AD 1361

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 18.7 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.9 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2019

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Gold quarter-noble: Edward III, 4th coinage, pre-treaty (N 1141; 1146; 1162; 1189-1192)
Obverse description: Shield quartered with the arms of England and France within a tressure of eight arches with trefoils on each point
Obverse inscription: EDWAR R ANGL Z FRANC D' hY Annulet stops
Reverse description: Floriated cross with the lis at the end of each limb; in each angle a lion passant guardant all within a tressure of eight arches; annulet to right of the upper lis and probably a small E in the centre
Reverse inscription: EXALTABITVR IN GAhLORI Saltire stops
Initial mark: Cross 3
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock