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Unique ID: SUR-C4DFB4
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver halfgroat of Edward III dating to the period AD 1354 - 1355. Fourth coinage. Pre-Treaty Period. Series E. Mint of York.
As North Vol 2 (1991), p.51, no.1166.
Notes:
Recorded from details emailed by the finder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1354
Date to: Circa AD 1355
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.8 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 4th January 2020
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Halfgroat: Edward III, 4th coinage, pre-treaty E (N 1165-1166)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing forward within tressure of nine arches
Obverse inscription: EDWARDVS ͦ REX ANGLI ͦ Z ͦ FRACI ͦ
Reverse inscription: +POS/VI ͦ DEV ͦ /ADIVT/OREm // CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU4347
Four figure Latitude: 51.22058407
Four figure longitude: -1.38567241
1:25K map: SU4347
1:10K map: SU44NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son |