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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-11A14C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Groat of Richard III (1483-5) - struck in London - initial mark: Boars Head - 2
North 1679
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1483
Date to: Circa AD 1485
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.95 g
Diameter: 25.3 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Shropshire Museum Service, Object Entry Form: E.01330
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Richard III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat of Richard III (N 1679 - 1681)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within tressure of nine arches with trefoil terminals. Nothing by ne3ck, crown or below bust - saltire stops
Obverse inscription: RICHARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC
Reverse description: Long cross pattée dividing inscription in two concentric circles - saltire stops
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM // /CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: Boars head 2
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Ludlow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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