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Unique ID: BH-8A7B89
Object type certainty: Certain
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A clipped silver groat of Edward IV (Type VII) dating to the period AD 1466 to AD 1467. Mint of London.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1466
Date to: Exactly AD 1467
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.79 g
Diameter: 26 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Edward IV, First reign, Light coinage (N 1562 - 1583)
Obverse description: Polylobe of nine arcs with crown-facing bust, quatrefoils at neck
Obverse inscription: EDWARD DI GRA REX AnGL Z FRAnC
Reverse description: Long cross, with three pellets in each of the quadrants
Reverse inscription: Outer inscription: POSVI/DEVm A/DIVTOR/E mEVm. Inner inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: Crown on obverse and reverse
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Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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