SUSS-22B431: Medieval Coin: Silver Groat of Edward IV

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COIN

Unique ID: SUSS-22B431

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A very worn and bent Medieval silver groat, probably of Edward IV, issued between AD 1471-1483 (second reign). Initial mark seems to be a long cross fitchee, rather than a short cross fitchee, and a reverse mark of a sun is visible directly before the legend, making this attribution unclear, as the mint is listed as London on the reverse and these marks are for Provincial mints only. Cf. North 1991 Vol II, p. 93, no. 1631. There is significant circumferential damage to the coin.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1471
Date to: Circa AD 1483

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 2.74 g
Diameter: 23.9 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd March 2013

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (second reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Edward IV, Second reign (N 1631 - 1633)
Obverse description: Open crown bust facing.
Obverse inscription: + EDWARD DI GRA [...]ANC
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee dividing the legends; in each angle three pellets.
Reverse inscription: In two concentric circles: POSVI DEVM A-DIVTOR-EM MEV // CIVI TAS LON DON
Initial mark: Possibly long cross fitchee
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Tenterden (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ8830
Four figure Latitude: 51.038598
Four figure longitude: 0.680198
1:25K map: TQ8830
1:10K map: TQ83SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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