COIN

Unique ID: SOM-090118

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1351
Date to: Exactly AD 1352

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 2.05 g
Diameter: 22.7 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCC receipt 018494

Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

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, pre-treaty C (N 1148)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within a tressure of 9 arches; lis on all cusps except at crown. Cross1.
Obverse inscription: + EDWARDVS REX o ANGLI o Z o FRANCI (Lettering mixed Roman and Lombardic; Cs & Es closed; reverse barred Ns; annulet stops; no breaks in C or E)
Reverse description: Long cross pattee dividing legend in two concentric circles with three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: + POS/VI o DEV o / ADIVT/OREM // CIVI/TAS / LON/DON (Lettering mixed Roman and Lombardic; Cs & Es closed; reverse barred Ns; annulet stops; no breaks in C or E
Initial mark: Cross 1
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock