COIN

Unique ID: SUSS-DAE943

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Notes:

Mayhew comments that this is the last substantive type of John or Louvain and very base, only about 50% silver.

Continental imitation sterlings were imported in large numbers in the 1290s, possibly in part as a response to shortage of coin in England. As they were debased and light weight they usually traded at less than a penny in value. At Christmas 1299 a royal writ decreed they should trade at a halfpenny and at Easter 1300 it was decreed they all had to be brought to the mint for re-coinage at actual silver value. Stray finds are therefore likely to have been lost before this date.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1298
Date to: Circa AD 1300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 18.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd January 2010

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Category: Non English coin
Obverse description: Bust crowned by a chaplet of roses
Obverse inscription: +IOhAnnES: DE: LOV[AnIO]
Reverse description: Long cross pattee dividing legend with three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: xDnS/ DE: h/ARS/TEL:
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine