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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-B4C1E4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Late Medieval Gold Angel of Edward IV. C.25mm in diameter. The obverse shows an angel slaying a dragon, he has one foot on the dragon and is spearing it in the neck. The inscription is damaged but begins with a Cinqefoil mintmark? EDWARD.REX? the reverse shows a ship with the royal crest over it and a cross for a mast. Above the cross are the initial E and a rose. Above the mast is another cross flanked in the border by a cinqefoil on the right and two small crosses on the left? The inscription is difficult to read but a cross in a circle is visible at 9 Oclock.
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1471
Date to: AD 1485
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 25 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Decoration style: Figurative
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Angel
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (second reign)
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 93, no. 1630 |
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