Rights Holder: Lincolnshire County Council
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Unique ID: LIN-BC5DA9
Object type certainty: Certain
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A late medieval silver penny, probably of Edward IV. The coin has been heavily clipped and also double-struck. A rose or key is visible to the right of the bust, and an eglantine or perhaps a letter is visible to the left. A quatrefoil in visible in the centre of the reverse, denoting this as a coin of York.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1461
Date to: Circa AD 1470
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.65 g
Diameter: 16 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Edward IV, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, possibly a rose or key to right of bust, and an eglantine or letter to the left
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Long cross, three pellets in angles, quatrefoil in centre
Reverse inscription: [CIVITAS] EBO[RACI]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TF1075
Four figure Latitude: 53.26060713
Four figure longitude: -0.35240625
1:25K map: TF1075
1:10K map: TF17NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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