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Unique ID: WILT-BC7158
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver medieval half groat of Edward III dating to c. AD 1356 - 1361. Reverse type long cross with 3 pellets in each quater and an annulet in one quarter. Mint of London (Series G).
North, Vol. 2 page 53 no.1202
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1356
Date to: Circa AD 1361
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.59 g
Diameter: 20.16 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4771
Materials and construction
Primary material: Base 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 G (N 1201-1204)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing forward
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each quarter. In one quarter is an annulet. Two rings of inscription
Reverse inscription: Uncertain
Initial mark: Uncertain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Grafton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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