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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-B436A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver penny of Edward III, (1327-1377).
Obverse: EDWAR[...]; bifoliate crowned bust facing.
Reverse: CIVITAS LONDON; long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter.
IM: cross 1.
Series B, 1351AD.
Clipped.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1351
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 18.12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Edward III, 3rd 'florin' coinage, type 2 (N 1114; 1122)
Obverse description: Bifoliate crowned bust facing.
Obverse inscription: EDWAR[…]
Reverse description: Long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: Cross 1
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Checkley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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