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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-8B75A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A clipped silver halfgroat of Edward IV, 1464-1470, light coinage, Canterbury mint. North 1590.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1464
Date to: Circa AD 1470
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 18.92 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B17-808
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Edward IV, First reign, Light coinage (N 1584 - 1590)
Obverse inscription: EDWARD [...]
Reverse description: Lombardic M
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS CANTOR POS[VI] D[EVM ADIVTOREM] MEVM
Initial mark: Sun
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Hurstbourne Priors (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4347
Four figure Latitude: 51.22058407
Four figure longitude: -1.38567241
1:25K map: SU4347
1:10K map: SU44NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | 1590 |
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