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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-B61F8A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver medieval halfgroat of Edward III. London mint (AD 1369-1377; cf. North 1288-1289).
The inscription on the coin does not appear in North (English Hammered Coinage Volume 2). The obverse inscription reads EDWARDVS REX ANGLI F(reversed) FRANCI, most similar to N 1288 and 1289.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1369
Date to: Exactly AD 1377
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.96 g
Diameter: 23.7 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4275
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: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Halfgroat: Edward III, 4th coinage, post-treaty (N 1287-1290)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within tressure of arches.
Obverse inscription: +EDWARDVS REX ANGLI F FRANCI
Reverse description: Long cross pattée dividing legends, three pellets in each angle. Inscription in two concentric circles.
Reverse inscription: +POS/VI DEV / ADIVT/OREM - CIVI/TAS / LON/DON
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: The Deverills
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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