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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-DDC817
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1377
Date to: Circa AD 1399
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 13.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Richard II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Richard II, Withers type 1 (N 1331b)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: +RICARD:REX:ANGL
Reverse description: Long cross
Reverse inscription: CIVI TAS LON DON
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Sturminster Marshall
Spatial coordinates
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. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 63 | 1331 b |
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