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COIN
Unique ID: SOMDOR-E1B212
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver halfpenny of Edward IV (1st reign). Light coinage
Notes:
PAL1481
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1465
Date to: Circa AD 1470
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.32 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 30th September 2000
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS011576
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Obverse description: Trefoils by the neck
Obverse inscription: [ED]WARD D[I] GRA [REX]
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Cranborne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0514
Four figure Latitude: 50.92543425
Four figure longitude: -1.93023167
1:25K map: SU0514
1:10K map: SU01SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 89 | No 1608 types VI, VII or X |
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