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Unique ID: WILT-625E1E
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval silver penny of Edward I dating to AD 1300 (Class 9b2). EDW R ANGL DNS hYB obverse depicting a crowned bust facing. CIVITAS CANTOR reverse depicting a long cross with three pellets in each quarter. Mint of Canterbury. Initial mark is a cross pattee. North 1037/1 (North, JJ, 1991, English Hammered Coinage Volume 2, p 30, no 1037/1).
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1300
Date to: Exactly AD 1300
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.22 g
Diameter: 18.8 mm
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Other reference: SSWM 5171
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward I of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Edwardian class 9b (N 1037/1)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing.
Obverse inscription: EDW R ANGL DNS hYB
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each quarter,
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS CANTOR
Initial mark: Cross pattee
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
No coin references available.
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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