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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-1983AE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval silver penny of Richard II dating to AD 1377-1399. The coin is worn and damaged along the edge and also has small marks stabbed into the area around the breast. Obverse depicts a crowned bust facing. Reverse depicts a long cross with three pellets in each quarter and a quatrefoil in the centre. Initial mark cross pattee. Mint of York. North 1329 or 1330 (North, JJ, 1991, English Hammered Coinage Volume 2, Spink & Son, London p 62 nos 1329 or 1330).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1377
Date to: Exactly AD 1399
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 17.42 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5059
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Richard II of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Richard II, not further defined (N 1325 - 1330)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing.
Obverse inscription: RICARDVS RE[X ANGL]
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each quarter and a quatrefoil in the centre.
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS E[BORACI]
Initial mark: Cross pattee
Die axis measurement: 6 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: Langley Burrell
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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