Rights Holder: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
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Unique ID: WILT-538C14
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver medieval penny of Edward I- Edward III, dating to the period AD 1272 to 1377. Solid long cross reverse with three pellets in each quadrant, Canterbury mint, class 10-15. The coin is in two parts, and the larger fragment has a small bend at the bottom, possibly from the coin being torn in two.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1272
Date to: Exactly AD 1377
Quantity: 2
Weight: 1.28 g
Diameter: 17.94 mm
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Other reference: SSWM 5218
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward I - III
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Penny of Edward I - III, not further defined
Obverse description: Forward facing bust, trifoliate crown.
Obverse inscription: EDWA[...]
Reverse description: Solid long cross with three pellets in each quadrant.
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU1616
Four figure Latitude: 50.94322076
Four figure longitude: -1.77363759
1:25K map: SU1616
1:10K map: SU11NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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