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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-379D89
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval silver farthing of Edward III, London mint, second coinage - 1335-43 Type 1a.
recorded via e-mail from finder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1335
Date to: Circa AD 1343
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.3 g
Diameter: 10 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st December 2017 - Friday 29th December 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Farthing
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Farthing: Edward III, 2nd coinage, type 1 (N 1101 / W 1)
Obverse description: facing crowned bust
Obverse inscription: EDWARDVSREXA*
Reverse description: long cross with three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: CIVITASLONDON
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Market Bosworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4004
Four figure Latitude: 52.63228595
Four figure longitude: -1.41042516
1:25K map: SK4004
1:10K map: SK40SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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