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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-2F7737
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A heavily clipped silver groat of Edward IV. The initial mark is a rose and the coin was minted in London. The coin is class III and dates to circa AD1461-1464. North; English Hammered Coinage vol 2 (1975) p68, No 1532.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1461
Date to: Circa AD 1464
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
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, Heavy coinage, Class 3 (N 1532)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: (rose) EDW[...]
Reverse description: Long cross pattee with inner circle containing three pellets in each quadrant.
Reverse inscription: Inner - CIVI/TAS/LON/DON; outer - (rose) POSVI[...]EVM
Initial mark: rose
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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