COIN

Unique ID: HAMP-1EE256

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Notes:

A number of double patards have been recorded on this database; the references and information found below is derived from these. In 1469, following an agreement made between Edward IV and Charles the Bold, these coins were made legal tender in England and remained so for over 60 years afterwards; they crop up in hoards (in steadily declining numbers) until well into Henry VIII's reign. The Burgundian rulers were seen as friends of the English and this is the main reason that this type of foreign coin was allowed to circulate here. The metal is not quite sterling value, so although they were the same size as an English groat, they may have passed for a little less than four pence. They presumably finally disappeared during the Henrician debasements of the early 1540s.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1467
Date to: AD 1477

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 27.1 mm
Width: 25.85 mm
Thickness: 0.75 mm
Weight: 3.07 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 28th July 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: E2696

Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Other
Ruler/issuer: Charles the Bold
Category: Non English coin
Obverse description: Square shield bearing the Burgundian coat of arms in quarters with lion in centre
Obverse inscription: [+ K]A?[RO]LVS : DEI : GRA : DVX : BVRG : CO [: F]LA' (the double stops (:) are made up of annulets)
Reverse description: Cross fleur-de-lisée with lozenge centre containing a fleur de lis
Reverse inscription: + SIT : NOMEN : DO[M]INI : BENEDICTVM : (crown?) ('By the name of the Lord be blessed') (the double stops (:) are made up of annulets)
Initial mark: Cross
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine