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Unique ID: KENT-5C2132
Object type certainty: Certain
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A heavily worn, clipped and abraded silver Medieval long cross penny probably of Edward IV first reign 1461-1470, Heavy Coinage (1461-1464/5), class III. Minted at York. North (1991) 1542.
Measurements: mm in diameter, mm thick and g in weight
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1461
Date to: Circa AD 1465
Quantity: 1
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 8th November 2019
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Edward IV, First reign, Heavy coinage, Class 3 (N 1540, 1542)
Obverse description: Crowned facing bust, quatrefoils by neck?
Obverse inscription: EDWARD.REX.ANGL Z FRANC
Reverse description: Long cross dividing legend, with three pellets in each angle. Quatrefoil at centre
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/E[BO/RAC]I
Initial mark: Rose?
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TQ6071
Four figure Latitude: 51.41544342
Four figure longitude: 0.29947728
1:25K map: TQ6071
1:10K map: TQ67SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |