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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-A821FB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A hammered silver penny, probably of Edward III, 1327 - 77 AD. The obverse has the portrait bust facing with a cross type 3 initial mark, which would date the coin to AD 1354-5. The reverse the long cross with three pellets to each quadrant. The coin is badly bent and worn with very limited legend.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1354
Date to: Circa AD 1356
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 16.5 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Edward III, 4th coinage, pre-treaty E (N 1167-1170)
Obverse description: Portrait bust facing with a mm cross type 3.
Obverse inscription: --SYB
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets to each quadrant.
Reverse inscription: - TA
Initial mark: Cross type 3
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
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)
To be known as: Steventon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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