Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-C824A2
Object type certainty: Certain
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A gold Medieval half noble of Edward III (AD 1327-1377), fourth coinage, probably pre-Treaty period, dating to the period 1351-1361.
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 1361
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 3.23 g
Diameter: 24.94 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th August 2019
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Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Half noble
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Gold half-noble: Edward III, 4th coinage, pre-treaty (N 1140; 1145; 1161; 1184-1188)
Obverse description: Crowned king standing in a ship, wearing armour and holding in his right hand a sword and in his left a shield quartered with the arms of England and France
Obverse inscription: [EDWAR]DEI.G.REX.ANGL.Z.FRANC. D (annulet stops)
Reverse description: Floriated cross with a lis at the end of each limb; in each angle, a lion passant, guardant with a crown above; all within a tressure of eight arches.
Reverse inscription: DOMINE.NE.IN.FURORE.TUO.ARGUAS.ME (double saltire stops)
Initial mark: -
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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