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COIN
Unique ID: WMID-E55927
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A gold half noble of Edward III's Treaty Series dating from 1363 to 1369, North number 1238. It was minted in London. The coin is in good condition but has been slightly clipped.
Obverse: EDWARD DEI G REX ANGL D [HYB Z AQT], King standing facing in a ship, crowned and wearing armour, holding sword in right hand and shield with quartered arms of England and France in left. Saltire stops.
Reverse: DOMINE NE IN FVRORE TVO ARGVAS ME, Floriated cross with a lis at the end of each limb amd an ornamented compartment containing the King's initial in the centre; in each angle, a lion passant, guardant with a crown above; all within a tressure of eight arches.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1363
Date to: Exactly AD 1369
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.56 mm
Weight: 3.2 g
Diameter: 25.08 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Wednesday 7th September 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half noble
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Gold half-noble: Edward III, 4th coinage%
Obverse description: King standing facing in a ship, crowned and wearing armour, holding sword in right hand and shield with quartered arms of England and France in left. Saltire stops.
Obverse inscription: EDWARD DEI G REX ANGL D [HYB Z AQT]
Reverse description: Floriated cross with a lis at the end of each limb amd an ornamented compartment containing the King's initial in the centre; in each angle, a lion passant, guardant with a crown above; all within a tressure of eight arches.
Reverse inscription: DOMINE NE IN FVRORE TVO ARGVAS ME
Initial mark: Cross potent
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Staffordshire Moorlands (District)
To be known as: Staffordshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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