Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-B7C702
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1377
Date to: AD 1399
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.85 g
Diameter: 17.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st July 2006 - Tuesday 1st July 2008
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Other reference: 9
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, not further defined (N 1325 - 1330)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing. Detail of the brest is unclear.
Obverse inscription: RICAR[ ]REX( )LIE
Reverse description: Long cross pattee dividing the legend; in each angle three pellets. Quatrefoil in the centre.
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TA(S)/EBOR/ACI
Initial mark: Cross pattee
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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