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Unique ID: DOR-909C47
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver penny of Richard II dating to 1377 - 1399. Mint of York. Probably Type 1
Reference: North Volume 2, No. 1329
Date: Medieval
Diameter: 17.33 mm
Weight: 0.86 g
Die axis: 2
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1377
Date to: Circa AD 1399
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.86 g
Diameter: 17.33 mm
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Other reference: SCMS 017816
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Richard II of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Richard II, Type 1 (N 1325, 1326, 1328, 1329a-b)
Obverse description: Facing bust crowned
Obverse inscription: RICAR[D ---]
Reverse description: Long cross with pellets in the angles. Quatrefoil at centre of cross
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS EBORACI
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
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