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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-A0A4B8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver penny of Edward I, late class 3 or early class 4, deliberately folded over during the act of making a prayer, a practice known as the 'English Custom', worn and further details illegible, 1280-9. This folding of cooins seems to belong to the later 12th and 13th centuries. Weight 1.25g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1280
Date to: Exactly AD 1289
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 20th July 2018 - Friday 20th July 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 22972
Other reference: ENMD092018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Foulsham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0325
Four figure Latitude: 52.78438563
Four figure longitude: 1.00873576
1:25K map: TG0325
1:10K map: TG02NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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