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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-780EC5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval silver groat of Edward III dating to the period AD 1351-1352. Series C. Initial mark: cross1. London mint. North: 1147.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1351
Date to: Exactly AD 1352
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.43 g
Diameter: 27.42 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4936
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Groat: Edward III, 4th coinage, pre-treaty C (N 1147)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: EDWARD D G REX ANGL Z FRANC D HYB
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the inscription, three pellets in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEV - CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: Cross 1
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Shrewton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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