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Unique ID: DEV-F13672
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete Medieval silver groat of Edward III (1327-1377), minted at London, series C, dating to AD 1351-1352.
Initial mark cross 1, lombardic M, reversed barred N, wedge-tailed R, annulet stops.
Ref: North 1147, Spink 1565.
Notes:
Club Find Ref: NAD472
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1351
Date to: Exactly AD 1352
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.22 mm
Weight: 4.45 g
Diameter: 27.63 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 31st March 2019 - Sunday 31st March 2019
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within a tressure of 9 double arches
Obverse inscription: [+] EDWARD [DEI G] REX ANGL [Z] FRANC D hYB
Reverse description: Long cross dividing inscriptions with three pellets in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: Outer: +POSVI/DEVm A/DIVTOR/Em mEV (I have made God my Helper), Inner: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Cross 1
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SX7966
Four figure Latitude: 50.48128761
Four figure longitude: -3.70680267
1:25K map: SX7966
1:10K map: SX76SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | 38 | 1147 | |
Spink and Son Ltd | 2014 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom, 49th edition | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 180 | 1565 |