COIN

Unique ID: WMID-DF4477

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1369
Date to: Circa AD 1377

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 3.7 g
Diameter: 28.37 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th June 2013

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Half noble
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Gold half-noble: Edward III, 4th coinage, post-treaty (N 1282-1283)
Obverse description: King standing facing in a ship. He is crowned and wearing armour, and holds in his right hand, a sword and in his left, a shield with the arms of England and France.
Obverse inscription: [ ]DWAR[ ]REX ANGL FRA[ ]
Reverse description: Floriated cross with a lis at the end of each limb and an ornamented compartment in the centre; in each angle, a lion passant guardant, with a crown above. All within a tressure of eight arches.
Reverse inscription: [ ]NE NE IN FVRORE TVO ARGVAS ME
Initial mark: unclear
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair