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COIN
Unique ID: SF-994942
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An extremely worn and very clipped silver hammered penny possibly struck for Edward IV, dating c. 1461-1483. Type and mint uncertain, most details illegible.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1461
Date to: Circa AD 1483
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 15.48 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 13th November 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's ref 1/9/2017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Edward IV, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Long cross quartering coin, three pellets in each angle within inner pelleted border
Reverse inscription: CI[....]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Mildenhall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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