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COIN
Unique ID: NCL-AA9C83
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A halfpenny of Edward IV, second reign, 1471-1483, Durham mint.
North no 1699.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1471
Date to: Exactly AD 1483
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.71 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 12.15 mm
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Materials and construction
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (second reign)
Mint or issue place: Durham
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Edward IV, Second reign, Withers Durham type 1 (N 1669)
Obverse description: Extremely worn on this side, very few details visible.
Reverse description: Long cross, three pellets in each quarter, a C or E over the middle of the longcross. No initial mark visible.
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/DU./...
Initial mark: None visible.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
District: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Dotland
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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