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COIN

Unique ID: WAW-F9A3F5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1377
Date to: Exactly AD 1399

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 12.93 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th January 2011

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Richard II of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Richard II, Type 1 (N 1325, 1326, 1328, 1329a-b)
Obverse description: Bust facing forwards wearing a crown, with a pellet either side of the neck. The bust is double-struck. There appears to be a symbol on the chest, possibly a pellet, which is at odds with known dies. A cross is what would be expected.
Obverse inscription: The legend has been clipped away.
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each cross. The cross has a quatrefoil in the centre.
Reverse inscription: The legend has been clipped away.
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine