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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-0D943E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete but slightly bent silver double patard of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy AD 1467-1477. Mintmark is a lion rampant in the centre of obverse shield, and the coin may have been minted in Flanders. The legends are abbreviated and read as KAROLVS:DEI:GRA:DVX:BG:BRAB:ZLIN:FLA (translating as 'Charles, by the grace of God Duke of Burgundy, Limburg and Flanders'), while the reverse reads SIT:NOMEN:DOMINI:BENEDICTVM (translating as 'May the Name of the Lord be Blessed').
Notes:
In 1469, following an agreement made between Edward IV and Charles the Bold, these coins were made legal tender in England and remained so for over 60 years afterwards; they crop up in hoards (in steadily declining numbers) until well into Henry VIII's reign. The Burgundian rulers were seen as friends of the English and this is the main reason that this type of foreign coin was allowed to circulate here. The metal is not quite sterling value, so although they were the same size as an English groat, they may have passed for a little less than four pence. They presumably finally disappeared during the Henrician debasements of the early 1540s.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1467
Date to: Circa AD 1477
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.49 mm
Weight: 2.9 g
Diameter: 27.44 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 11th December 2011 - Sunday 11th December 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2014.449
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Charles the Bold
Type: Burgundian Low Countries: silver Double Patard of Charles the Bold (van Gelder-Hoc 23)
Obverse inscription: KAROLVS:DEI:GRA:DVX:BG:BRAB:ZLIN:FLA
Reverse description: Square shield bearing the Burgundian coat of arms in quarters, with lion in centre
Reverse inscription: SIT:NOMEN:DOMINI:BENEDICTVM
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Uffington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3089
Four figure Latitude: 51.59904935
Four figure longitude: -1.56827059
1:25K map: SU3089
1:10K map: SU38NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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