Rights Holder: National Museums Liverpool
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Unique ID: LVPL-C7CB6D
Object type certainty: Certain
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A halfgroat of Edward III from AD 1361-1369, Treaty B, London mint, with double annulet stops and reverse barred 'N's on the reverse.
Obverse:- portrait of king facing outward with decorative gothic border, legend '+EDWARDVS REX AnGL DnS hYB'
Reverse:- A long cross with three pellets in each crutch, reaching the outer rim of the coin, quartering the legends 'CIVI/TAS/LON/DON and +POSV/[ID]EVm/ADIVTO/RE mEV'
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1361
Date to: Circa AD 1369
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.8 mm
Width: 22.2 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 2.05 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th March 2019 - Saturday 9th February 2019
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Halfgroat: Edward III, 4th coinage, treaty (N 1259-1263)
Obverse description: Portrait of king facing outward with decorative gothic border, legend
Obverse inscription: +EDWARDVS REX AnGL DnS hYB
Reverse description: A long cross with three pellets in each crutch, reaching the outer rim of the coin, quartering the legends
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON +POSV/[ID]EVm/ADIVTO/RE mEV
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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