Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-42EAF1
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval silver coin: a penny of Edward III (1327-77), Durham mint, post treaty period (1369-77). It is 16.9mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 0.85gm. Reference: North, volume 2, number 1297.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1369
Date to: Circa AD 1377
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.85 g
Diameter: 16.9 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 30th November 2007
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Other reference: PAS form number 1663
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: Durham
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Edward III, 4th coinage, post-treaty (N 1291-1297)
Obverse description: A forward facing, crowned bust of the king with a lis on the breast
Obverse inscription: ED[WAR]DVS REX ANGLIE
Reverse description: A long cross pattee dividing the legend, with three pellets in each angle. There is a crozier before the start of the reverse legend.
Reverse inscription: CIVI[TAS DUN]OLM
Initial mark: Cross pattee.
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE8832
Four figure Latitude: 53.776907
Four figure longitude: -0.666117
1:25K map: SE8832
1:10K map: SE83SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | number 1297 |