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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-9907BC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval silver penny of Edward IV (First Reign; 1461-70), heavy coinage Class IV (1461-5; North 1544). Mint of Durham. Ref: North 1991: 84.
The coin is heavily clipped and very worn. It has been pierced at 10 o'clock on the obverse, the piercing from obverse to reverse.
Notes:
Some modified coins can come within the remits of Treasure Act 1996, including all finds of pierced silver or gold coins up to AD 1180 and some thereafter depending upon the nature of the piercing. However, coins dating after AD1180 with similar piercings are also known in hoards of currency, suggesting that such objects could re-enter circulation as coins, and not all coins were pierced to convert them into objects such as pendants. It therefore cannot be said with confidence whether this particular object was regarded as a coin or as another type of object at the time that the coin was deposited.
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 1465
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 16.4 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05673
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
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Long cross with rose at centre
Reverse inscription: CIVI/[--------]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Oswaldkirk (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6278
Four figure Latitude: 54.19402277
Four figure longitude: -1.05123862
1:25K map: SE6278
1:10K map: SE67NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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