Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-B76F92
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver long cross penny of Edward IV, Second Reign (1471-1483), York Episcopal Issue XXIiv, of Archbishop Thomas Rotherham (1480-1500), with rose as initial mark, T and key either side of bust, and quatrefoil at centre of reverse, North 1654
Evidence of reuse: clipped to be used as smaller change and to re-use silver
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1480
Date to: Circa AD 1483
Period of reuse: MEDIEVAL
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.45 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2011 - Tuesday 31st May 2011
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (second reign)
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Edward IV, Second reign (N 1641 - 1666)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing with T to left of bust and key to right of bust
Obverse inscription: EDWA[RD DI GRA REX AN]GL'
Reverse description: long cross pattee with quatrefoil and pellet in centre and three pellets in each angle within inner beaded circle
Reverse inscription: no legend
Initial mark: rose
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW5638
Four figure Latitude: 50.191633
Four figure longitude: -5.41985
1:25K map: SW5638
1:10K map: SW58SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 76, | No.1654 | |
Wren, C.R. | 1995 | The English Long-Cross Pennies: 1279-1489. Edward I to Henry VII | Herne Bay | Plantagenet Books | 140, | No.XXIiv |