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COIN
Unique ID: SF-4E4F93
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and incomplete silver hammered farthing struck for Edward II, dating c. 1310-1314. Withers' type 30b-30f, mint of London.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1310
Date to: Circa AD 1314
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.15 g
Diameter: 11.99 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 29th June 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Farthing
Ruler/issuer: Edward II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Farthing: Edwardian class 11 (N 1070/1 / W 30)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within inner pelleted border
Obverse inscription: +EEDWAR[DVS] REX A
Reverse description: Long cross quartering coin, three pellets in each angle within inner pelleted border
Reverse inscription: [CIVI]TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Cross pattee
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Wetherden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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