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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-97602D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval silver Edwardian penny, folded in half so obverse is obscured.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1279
Date to: Circa AD 1377
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.31 g
Diameter: 18 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Obverse description: facing crowned bust (obscured)
Reverse description: long cross and pellets
Reverse inscription: CIVITASLONDON
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Rutland
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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