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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-C248D9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late medieval halfgroat of Edward III dating from c. AD1352-53. Series D. Normal R, lombardic C for E in EDWARD and unbarred N. North 1155.
Obv: EDWARDVS REX ANGL Z FRANCI
Rev: CIVITAS EBORACI/POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Mint: York
Initial Mark: Cross I
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1352
Date to: Circa AD 1353
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 0.5 mm
Weight: 2.28 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Halfgroat: Edward III, 4th coinage, pre-treaty D (N 1154-1155)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: EDWARDVS REX ANGL Z FRANCI
Reverse description: long cross dividing legends with pellets in angles
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS EBORACI/POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: Cross 1
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Lancaster (District)
To be known as: Lancaster
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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