COIN

Unique ID: SF-30BA02

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1464
Date to: Circa AD 1470

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.86 g
Diameter: 18.9 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2011

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: COV 117

Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Quarter ryal
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Gold quarter-ryal: Edward IV, First reign, Light coinage (N 1559, 1560)
Obverse description: Shield quartered with the arms of England and France, the letter E (lombardic) above the shield, a rose to the left, a sun to the right and a lis below. All within a quatrefoil within an inner circle.
Obverse inscription: EDWARDVS DI GRA REX ANGL[] (saltire stops)
Reverse description: A floriated cross with a lis at the end of each limb, a rose upon a radiate sun at the centre of the cross, a lion passant, guardant in each angle of the cross, all within a double-stranded octofoil, within an inner circle.
Reverse inscription: EXALTABITVR IN GLORIA (Rose)
Initial mark: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock