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COIN

Unique ID: CORN-1287FD

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1377
Date to: Exactly AD 1399

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 2.15 g
Diameter: 22 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th August 2018 - Saturday 18th August 2018

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Richard II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Richard II (N 1322 - 1324)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within a nine-arched tressure with trefoils or fleurs de lys at the point of each arch
Obverse inscription: +RICARD'xDIxxGRAxxREXxxANGLIE
Reverse description: Long cross over two concentric circles dividing the field into three, with three pellets in each of the innermost quadrants, the mint signature in the centre field and the inscription around the outer circumference.
Reverse inscription: xPOSVI/DEVMxxA/DIVTO/RExxMEV // CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Cross pattee
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine