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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-BFB4A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval silver halfgroat of Edward III, 4th coinage, treaty transitional period, 1361, Spink 1611
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1361
Date to: Circa AD 1361
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.03 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 9th August 2017 - Wednesday 9th August 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Halfgroat: Edward III, 4th coinage, treaty, transitional (N 1226)
Obverse description: Facing crowned bust with tressured border
Obverse inscription: [ED]WARDVS[RE]XANG[..]
Reverse description: Long cross and pellets; cross in first quarter,
Reverse inscription: POSVI[DEV]ADIVTOREM//CIVITASLONDON
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
To be known as: Leicestershire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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