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COIN

Unique ID: SWYOR-671D41

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1351
Date to: Circa AD 1352

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 2.22 g
Diameter: 22.1 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1995 - Thursday 23rd April 2015

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 2555, finder's number M143

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, pre-treaty C (N 1148)
Obverse description: Forward facing crowned bust within tressure of nine arches with trefoils on the cusps. Annulet stops in legend.
Obverse inscription: [EDWARD]VS RE[X A]N[G]LI Z FRANC
Reverse description: Long cross pattee with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: POSV/I DEVM / ADIVT/OR(E)M // CIVI/TAS / LON/DON
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine