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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-89E7E9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Heavily clipped later medieval penny from the York (or possibly Durham) provincial mint. Due to the loss of inscription and heavily worn surface a better identification cannot be suggested - it is most likely to be a coin associated with the 15th century - based on the style of crown and bust, along with the presence of trefoils or something similar at the neck.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1380
Date to: Circa AD 1485
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.66 g
Diameter: 15.9 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Shropshire Museum Service; Object Entry Form: E.01573
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)
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing. The crown has a broad heavy look with a high central lis and bifoliate side fleurs. Hair bushy and head large - narrow neck with trefoil? at neck?
Reverse description: Long cross divides the field and inscription; three pellets within each quarter At centre of cross is a device of some sort - None of the axis of the cross seem to be hooked / crozier
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Wellington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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