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COIN
Unique ID: WMID-2F45F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver medieval sterling imitation penny of John the Blind of Luxumburg (1309-46), Mayhew number 265. The coin has a perforation in the centre, though this seems more likely to be a result of damage rather than a deliberate piercing for suspension.
Notes:
The coin has been pierced, potentially indicating a secondary function which would normally indicate that it should be considered as potential Treasure (under Treasure Act 1996). However, coins dating after AD1180 with similar piercings are also known in hoards of currency, suggesting that such objects could re-enter circulation as coins, and not all coins were pierced to convert them into objects such as pendants. It therefore cannot be said with confidence whether this particular object was regarded as a coin or as another type of object at the time that the coin was deposited.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1309
Date to: Circa AD 1346
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.92 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 17.35 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd April 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: John the Blind, King of Bohemia and count of Luxembourg
Mint or issue place: Unknown
Type: Edwardian imitation: without mint indication (M 257 - 274)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: EIWANES DNS Z REX B
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: LVC/ENB/GEN/SIS
Initial mark: Cross pattee
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Lichfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK1011
Four figure Latitude: 52.696589
Four figure longitude: -1.853468
1:25K map: SK1011
1:10K map: SK11SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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