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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-232F32
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver Halfpenny of Edward IV. London mint. North 1546 or 1608. Circa 1461-1470 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1461
Date to: Circa AD 1470
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 28th June 2013 - Saturday 21st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 37697
Other reference: ECKW122013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, saltires by neck
Obverse inscription: EDWA[...]REX
Reverse description: Long cross, three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Griston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9398
Four figure Latitude: 52.54563045
Four figure longitude: 0.84486011
1:25K map: TL9398
1:10K map: TL99NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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