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COIN

Unique ID: SF-7B1EF6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A very worn, clipped and cut silver coin of later Medieval date. The coin has been cut in half and the edges clipped to the extent that the legends are unidentifiable. This is probably a cut French coin, perhaps a double patard, which became legal tender in Britain in 1469 as an equivalent to the English Groat (see for example LEIC-952473).

Evidence of reuse: Cut in half, clipped edges

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22.46 mm
Width: 8.7 mm
Weight: 0.76 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st December 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Other
Category: Non English coin
Obverse description: A divided shield within an inner circle, three lis in one quadrant, a lion rampant in another
Obverse inscription: Uncertain
Reverse description: A floriated cross within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: Uncertain

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Icklingham

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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