Record ID: DOR-9CF123
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A group of 12 coins reported found near Evershot, Dorset. All are of silver of the sterling standard, c. 92.5% fine metal, a standard followed in both Scotland and England at this time. The coins appear to represent the currency of England in the later 1350s and 1360s, when the issues of Edward III's Fourth Coinage had come to dominate over the older sterlings of Edward I and II, although these still represented a large proportion of the penny denomination in use. Most of the coins are the higher silver denominations of groat (fourpence) and half-groat (twopence). Scottish coins of Da…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Evershot', grid reference and parish protected.