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Unique ID: WMID-9C6B39
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Medieval Irish silver penny of Edward I (AD 1272-1307) dating to AD 1279-1302. Mint of Dublin. Trefoil of pellets on breast and punctuation in legend. There appears to be no pellet or cross before EDWR. Spink (2015) No. 6246A.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1279
Date to: Circa AD 1302
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.72 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 19.13 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2014 - Sunday 30th November 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward I of England
Mint or issue place: Dublin
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Irish: penny of Edward I, second coinage, solid long cross (S 6246 - 6256)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with a trifoliate crown and wedged drapery within a triangle with trefoil of pellets below bust.
Obverse inscription: EDW.R./ANGL.D/NS.hYB
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/DVBL/INIE
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK1805
Four figure Latitude: 52.64244639
Four figure longitude: -1.73542004
1:25K map: SK1805
1:10K map: SK10NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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