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Unique ID: DEV-76FE32
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver half penny of Richard II
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1377
Date to: Circa AD 1399
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.51 g
Diameter: 14.2 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Richard II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing forward
Obverse inscription: RICARD REX [ ]
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS [LON]DON
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: ST0209
Four figure Latitude: 50.872164
Four figure longitude: -3.394149
1:25K map: ST0209
1:10K map: ST00NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Spink and Son Ltd | 2001 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 183 | 1698-1700 |