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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-D95554
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A damaged clipped silver penny of Edward III of York or later or an Irish issue of Edward IV
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1312
Date to: Circa AD 1483
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13 mm
Width: 16 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
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: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Clipped
Reverse description: Long cross with central quatrefoil
Reverse inscription: Clipped
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.
References cited
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