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Description: | A medieval coin; a silver penny of Edward IV, first or second reign (AD 1461 - 1470 or AD 1471 - 1483), issued at York under Archbishop George Neville. It could be North (Volume II, 1991) number 1594 (local dies 1 and 2), 1595 (Type VI or VII) or 1599 (Type X) on page 88 from the first reign, dating from AD 1465 - 1470, or from the second reign, number 1645 (Type XII 2) or number 1650 (Type XVI) on page 94 and dating from AD 1471 - 1476. There is a G to the left of the bust, a key to the right and a quatrefoil in the centre of the reverse. There are double saltires as legend stops, and there appears to be an error in the obverse legend which reads DEI REX, omitting GRA. This may suggest it was made from local dies copying official coins. The coin is clipped, losing the initial mark. It is 15.3mm diameter, 0.8mm thick and 0.87g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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