COIN

Unique ID: IOW-159CD0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Notes:

The coin has been pierced, 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.

Evidence of reuse: Pierced

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1327
Date to: Circa AD 1377
Period of reuse: MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.45 g
Diameter: 20.38 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st December 2011 - Saturday 31st December 2011

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: IOW2012-4-57

Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Half groat
Category: Non English coin
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within a tressure of nine double arches, nothing on cusps,├ each side of hair
Obverse inscription: [ ]WARDVS RE[ ]RWI (annulet stops)
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the inscriptions with three pellets in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: Outer: +PO+S/VI DEV/ADI[ ]T/[ ]; Inner: LEN/RIAT/IVID/RIO[ ]
Initial mark: Cross pattée
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine