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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-42129B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver coin. Hammered flan, possibly a clipped long cross penny or later medieval round halfpenny, but retaining almost no diagnostic detail. Medieval issue, probably of 1279-1487.
Obverse description: Smooth.
Reverse description: [long cross] with three pellets in its angles.
Diameter: 14mm, Weight: 0.47gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1279
Date to: Exactly AD 1487
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.47 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM42326
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Uncertain
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny, halfpenny or farthing
Ruler/issuer: Edward I - III
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Penny, halfpenny or farthing of Edward I - III, not further defined
Reverse description: [long cross] with three pellets in its angles.
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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