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COIN
Unique ID: SF-D73672
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn silver hammered halfpenny struck for Richard II, dating c. 1377-1399. Mint of London, uncertain Withers type due to wear and being double-struck. North 1331a-1332c.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1377
Date to: Circa AD 1399
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.39 g
Diameter: 13.61 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Richard II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Richard II, not further defined (N 1331a - 1332c)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: +RIC[ARD REX] ANGL
Reverse description: Long cross quartering coin, three pellets within each angle insider inner pelleted border
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Cross pattee
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Poslingford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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