COIN

Unique ID: NLM-40AD75

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1464
Date to: Exactly AD 1470

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.82 g
Diameter: 27.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd January 2019

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM41657

Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Half ryal
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Gold half-ryal: Edward IV, First reign, Light coinage (N 1554 - 1558)
Obverse description: Facing king with shield of Arms of England and France in rigged cog, standard charged with E to left.
Obverse inscription: [ED]WARD'*DI'GRA REX ANGLIE
Reverse description: Central sunburst in cross with lis at end of each arm and with a crowned lion in each angle within a tressure of eight arches with a trefoil on each external cusp, within a pelleted outer circle.
Reverse inscription: DOMINE*DE*IN*EDAORE*TVO*[---]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine