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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-62CEDE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval silver long cross groat of Eward III (AD 1327-77). Treaty period 1361-9, cross potent, London mint.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1361
Date to: Circa AD 1369
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 4.49 g
Diameter: 28 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Groat: Edward III, 4th coinage, treaty B (N 1247-1258)
Obverse description: Crowned facing bust in tressure
Obverse inscription: EDWARD DEI G REX ANGLDNS HYB Z AQT
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each angle.
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Childerley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL3561
Four figure Latitude: 52.23065643
Four figure longitude: -0.02472363
1:25K map: TL3561
1:10K map: TL36SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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