Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-179911
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver half groat of Edward III (1327-77), Fourth Coinage (1351-77), Pre-Treaty period (1351-1361), mintmark cross 3 (1356-1361), Series G, Type F, with saltire stops, London mint, Spink 1578, North 1203.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1356
Date to: Exactly AD 1361
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 13th May 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Edward III, 4th coinage, pre-treaty G (N 1201-1204)
Obverse description: crowned bust within a tressure of nine arches
Obverse inscription: EDWARDVSxREXxANGLxZxFRANCx
Reverse description: long cross pattee dividing legends with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVMxADIVTOREMxMEV / CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: cross 3
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW4627
Four figure Latitude: 50.08868903
Four figure longitude: -5.55234259
1:25K map: SW4627
1:10K map: SW47NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | 41, | No.1203 | |
Spink and Son Ltd | 2008 | Coins of England & The United Kingdom, 43rd Edition | London | Spink | 163, | No.1578 |