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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-C28142
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A folded silver penny of Edward I, Class 10. The coin has been folded down the middle of the obverse. The folding of coins was an 'English custom' and was done when somebody made a vow to a saint to cure some illness of affliction, the idea being that the folded coin was the token which the pilgrim would then go and present at the saints shrine hoping for miraculous relief (Richard Kelleher, 'The English Custom: Bent coins in Medieval England', Treasure Hunting, April 2010, pp. 79-82 (p. 81).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 1301
Date to: Ante AD 1307
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward I of England
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Edwardian class 10 (N 1038-1043), not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: EDWA R ANGL DNS HYB
Reverse description: Long cross, three pellets in angles
Reverse inscription: N/A
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Averham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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