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Unique ID: PUBLIC-9FF0C1
Object type certainty: Certain
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Edward III half groat Class C. Mint mark cross 1351 - 1361
Subsequent action after recording: In a private collection, recorded for academic use
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 1351
Date to: Exactly AD 1361
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.16 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th March 2016
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Halfgroat: Edward III, 4th coinage, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within a tressure of nine arches
Obverse inscription: +EDW[ARDVS REX ANGLI Z FRANC] (or similar)
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the inscriptions with three pellets in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: +POS/[VI DEV/ADIVT]/ORE m (I have made God my helper)// CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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