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COIN

Unique ID: BUC-45206B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A silver penny of Edward IV minted at York (quatrefoil in centre of rev) with the initial mark a rose and nothing by the bust and so is a cede vacante issue of 1472-5 E[DWARD DI GR]A RE[X AnGL]IE is the ob legend and [CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI] is the rev

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1472
Date to: Circa AD 1475

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 15.1 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2017

Rally details.

This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Americans nr Thornton etc 2017

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 2

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (second reign)
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Edward IV, Second reign (N 1641 - 1666)
Obverse description: Full face bust
Obverse inscription: E[DWARD DI GR]A RE[X AnGL]IE
Reverse description: Quatrefoil in centre of cross
Reverse inscription: [CIVITAS EBORACI]
Initial mark: Rose and nothing by the bust
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Thornton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7635
Four figure Latitude: 52.00824003
Four figure longitude: -0.89416746
1:25K map: SP7635
1:10K map: SP73NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Weekend Wanderers American Detecting Holidays
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: BUC
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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