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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-F440E4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver groat of Edward IV, Light Coinage class VII, London, initial mark crown with quatrefoils by neck, North 1570, 1466-7
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1466
Date to: Exactly AD 1467
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 6th January 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 53140
Other reference: AMD022012
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Edward IV, First reign, Light coinage (N 1562 - 1583)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing quatrefoils by neck
Obverse inscription: EDWARD DI GRA REX AnGL Z FRAnC
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVm ADIVTORE mEVm/ CIVITAS LOnDOn
Initial mark: Crown
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Reepham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0924
Four figure Latitude: 52.773122
Four figure longitude: 1.096929
1:25K map: TG0924
1:10K map: TG02SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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