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COIN
Unique ID: SF-4266C3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An extremely worn and clipped silver hammered penny struck for Edward IV's first reign, dating c. 1461-1464. Possibly class IV, mint of Durham. C.f North 1544 and HAMP-2C60BA on the PAS database.
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 1464
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.39 g
Diameter: 13.39 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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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)
Mint or issue place: Durham
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Edward IV, First reign, Heavy coinage, Class 4 (N 1541, 1543, 1544)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within inner border
Obverse inscription: +EDWA[...]
Reverse description: Long cross with rose at centre quartering coin, three pellets in each angle within inner pelleted border
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Initial mark: Plain cross
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Fressingfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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