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Description: | A medieval silver half groat of Edward III (AD 1327-77) or IV (AD 1399-1413). It is a standard half groat with the obverse depicting the bust of the king facing forward with a bifoliate crown within a tressure of arches. At each point of the tressure is a trefoil. The inscription reads EDWAR[DVS.REX.ANGL.Z.FRA.] and is seperated from the motif by a circle of beading. What is irregular about this coin is the crown initial mark, which has no known parallel. The reverse consists of two concentric circles of beading with a long cross pattee dividing the legends and three pellets in each quarter. The exterior inscription reads POSVI.DEV.ADI[VTO]REM. and the interior inscription reads CIVI.TAS.LON.DON. The reverse has the usual North (1975, 31) type 3 cross. The coin has been clipped making parts of the inscription illegible.Dimensions: diameter: 21.15 mm; weight: 1.91g.Reference: North, J. J. 1975. English Hammered Coinage, Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink: London
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