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COIN
Unique ID: BH-49FD38
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Edward IV or Edward V, minted at London, 1483. Probably lightly clipped. Spink no. 2147 (2012: 212).
Diameter: 16.4mm; thickness: 0.4mm; weight: 0.7g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1483
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 16.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 13/148 - 23
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward V of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Edward V (N 1674)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing.
Obverse inscription: EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL
Reverse description: Long cross, three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Half sun and rose.
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Silsoe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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