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COIN

Unique ID: NLM-12C24A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1351
Date to: Exactly AD 1361

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.79 g
Diameter: 25.6 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd August 2017

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM37111

Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Half noble
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Gold half-noble: Edward III, 4th coinage, pre-treaty (N 1140; 1145; 1161; 1184-1188)
Obverse description: : Facing armed king in rigged cog, sail right, legend starts at 2 O'clock
Obverse inscription: [E]DWARxDE[--]GLIxFRANC D
Reverse description: Cross fleury with pellet-lined arms with a lis at the end of each, and with a trefoil and crowned leopard in each angle, all within a tressure of eight arches with an inner order of juxtaposed pellets; the tressure itself has a trefoil or lis on the outer side of each cusp and is confined by a granulated border with a legend beyond it. The initial cross appears to be of cross pattee form but with an indented base.
Reverse inscription: +DOMINE [---]IV[--]xORE
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine