Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-F104E5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval penny of Edward IV, second reign, Type XXI, c.1471-1483 AD. As Wren, 1995, pp. 135.
The coin has a circular piercing towards the outer edge.
Notes:
The coin has been pierced, indicating a secondary function which would normally indicate that it should be considered as potential Treasure (under Treasure Act 1996). However, coins dating after AD1180 with similar piercings are also known in hoards of currency, suggesting that such objects could re-enter circulation as coins, and not all coins were pierced to convert them into objects such as pendants. It therefore cannot be said with confidence whether this particular object was regarded as a coin or as another type of object at the time that the coin was deposited.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1471
Date to: Circa AD 1483
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.63 g
Diameter: 16.23 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (second reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Edward IV, Second reign (N 1641 - 1666)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: EDWARD DI GRA REX A[]
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LOn/DOn
Initial mark: Cinquefoil
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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