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COIN
Unique ID: WMID5229
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Medieval silver penny, Irish issue of Edward IV (1461-1483), Dublin, Suns and Roses/Rose on Cross coinage, c.1478-1483. Spink, Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands, 2nd edition, 2003, page 136, No. 6393.
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1478
Date to: AD 1483
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Mint or issue place: Dublin
Obverse description: Rose by crown
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Rose in centre of cross. Quarters as follows Two roses, one ?pellet / Two ?pellets, one rose / Two roses, one ?pellet / Two ?pellets, one rose
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Tanworth-in-Arden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP1171
Four figure Latitude: 52.336975
Four figure longitude: -1.839981
1:25K map: SP1171
1:10K map: SP17SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spink and Son Ltd | 2003 | Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 136 | 6393 |
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