LEIC-8553D7: medieval Richard II penny

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COIN

Unique ID: LEIC-8553D7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Medieval silver penny of Richard II, York, 1377-99.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.67 g
Diameter: 16 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th July 2012

Personal details

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Richard II of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Obverse description: facing crowned bust
Obverse inscription: RICARD[..]
Reverse description: long cross and pellets with central quatrefoil
Reverse inscription: [CIVIT]AS[EB]ORACI

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Kimbolton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL0966
Four figure Latitude: 52.281345
Four figure longitude: -0.403629
1:25K map: TL0966
1:10K map: TL06NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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