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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-A58846
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and bent late 14th-century silver medieval halfpenny of Richard II, intermediate type, London mint (1377-1399 AD; North 1331b; Withers Type 1)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1377
Date to: Exactly AD 1399
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.6 mm
Width: 13.6 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.54 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3100
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Richard II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Richard II, Withers type 1 (N 1331b)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: + RICARD REX : AnGL' (where ':' = double saltire stops)
Reverse description: Long cross pattée dividing the field into quarters; three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LOn/DOn (Lombardic 'N's)
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Appledram CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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