Record ID: IOW-383FC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver penny of Edward I, Class 3 (1280-1). Modified to form a brooch. Diameter 20mm, weight 0.91g. The top part of the coin is broken and missing. Obverse: trifoliate crowned bust facing to the front with wedged drapery. The bust is enclosed by a circle of pellets. Reverse: solid long cross pattee extends to the edge of the coin with a group of three pellets in each of the angles. London mint. The legend is perforated with three roughly circular holes that are about 1mm in diameter. A fourth and similar incomplete hole is at the edge of the coin. The holes are for rivets t…
Created on: Friday 6th February 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brading Parish', grid reference and parish protected.