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Unique ID: SF-DBBE3C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A silver groat of Richard II, c. 1377-1399. As North, 1975, p.49, no. 1320.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1377
Date to: Exactly AD 1399
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.38 g
Diameter: 26.16 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Richard II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Richard II (N 1320 - 1321)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with a tressure of arches, within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: +RICARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC
Reverse description: Long cross dividing inner and outer legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: +POSVI/DEVm (double saltire)A/DIVTOR/Em (double saltire)mEV//CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
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Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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