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Unique ID: LIN-2C4501
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete silver half groat of Edward III (AD 1327-1377). Long cross fourth coinage Series D (North 1154) dating to AD 1352-1353. Mint of Canterbury. North (1991: 50). The rim of the coin at 12 o'clock has been broken away.
Overall dimensions are as follows: 19mm in diameter, no weight recorded.
Notes:
Alford/Ailby Rally 2015 find.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1352
Date to: Exactly AD 1353
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 19 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Halfgroat: Edward III, 4th coinage, pre-treaty D (N 1154-1155)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within a ten-arched tressure.
Obverse inscription: EDWARDVS REX AN... F...
Reverse description: Long cross dividing double legend, with three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV[...]/...TOR/EMEM // CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TF4475
Four figure Latitude: 53.25247886
Four figure longitude: 0.15695227
1:25K map: TF4475
1:10K map: TF47NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.