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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-03BBC8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Medieval penny of an uncertain ruler dating to AD 1377 to 1485. Possibly a local die, mint of York. The coin has been clipped to the inner circle and is pierced at 12 o'clock on the obverse with a large hole made near the edge and not adjacent to a cross end on the reverse.
Due to the lack of other modifications, such as gilding, it is not clear that piercing alone has removed it circulating as coinage, which was often judged by weight due to heavy clipping in this period. Therefore it has been rcorded as a coin, not as an object, which might have been potential Treasure.
Evidence of reuse: Pierced
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1377
Date to: Circa AD 1485
Period of reuse: MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.37 g
Diameter: 13.4 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC Receipt no 17631
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward III - Henry VII (not further defined)
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Long cross pattee dividing legend with three pellets in each quarter and quatrefoil in centre
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Initial mark: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Alverdiston CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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