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Unique ID: DOR-49E48B
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver penny, possibly of Edward IV. The coin is clipped so that all the legends have been removed and is very worn. At the centre of the reverse cross is a quatrefoil for the mint of York or Durham.
Date: Medieval - c. 1461 - 1483
Diameter: 14.1mm
Weight: 0.64 g
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 1483
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.64 g
Diameter: 14.1 mm
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Other reference: SCMS 017068
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Edward IV, not further defined
Obverse description: Facing bust, crowned
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: Long cross ith pellets in the angles and quatrefoil at the centre
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: ST7306
Four figure Latitude: 50.85288002
Four figure longitude: -2.38492867
1:25K map: ST7306
1:10K map: ST70NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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