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Description: | Hammered silver groat, probably Edward IV, 1st reign, light coinage, 1464-1470. The obverse appears to have been overstruck. It shows the crowned facing bust of the king with a quatrefoil on either side of the neck, and trefoil on the bust. There are trefoils on some of the cusps but not all. It reads EDWARD D[I] GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC, with saltires as stops. Obverse initial mark: rose. The reverse shows a long cross with three pellets in three of the quarters and four in the last. It reads POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM / CIVITAS LONDON. Reverse initial mark: sun. Weight 2.93g, diameter 25mm.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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