Rights Holder: Surrey County Council
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Unique ID: SUR-69941A
Object type certainty: Certain
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An extremely worn and heavily clipped medieval silver penny of Edward IV (first reign, AD 1461-1470), dating to AD 1464-1466. Type V or VI, uncertain initial mark, Mint of Durham under Bishop Lawrence Booth. Cf North (1991: p89) nos. 1602-1603.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1464
Date to: Circa AD 1466
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 12.9 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th July 2019
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward IV of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: Durham
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Edward IV, First reign, Light coinage (N 1591 - 1607)
Obverse inscription: +ED[...]
Reverse description: Long cross with B at centre.
Reverse inscription: [...]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU6993
Four figure Latitude: 51.63158966
Four figure longitude: -1.00448728
1:25K map: SU6993
1:10K map: SU69SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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