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The British Museum, Janina Parol, 2011-10-21 16:45:34 |
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Medieval silver pennies |
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| Description |
English: I have examined a group of 11 coins and fragments of coins the coins are listed in detail in the accompanying catalogue. All the coins are silver and all but two fragments are official coins of the medieval kings of England, and will thus be of the traditional sterling standard, i.e. 92.5 fine metal. The remaining two fragments appear to come from one coin, a sterling imitation of English pennies issued by the French lord Gaucher de Chatillon. These will have a silver fineness of c. 80%.
Although the group is relatively small, it represents most of the silver denominations of late medieval England (halfpenny, penny, half-groat of 2-pence and groat of 4-pence), with only the farthing missing. The three groats are the most recent coins, dating to 1422-27. The coins could certainly all have been in circulation at the same time, since there was no wholesale recoinage in medieval England after 1278 and, although there were weight reductions, older coin could and did survive in currency, often clipped down to the new standard. It is my opinion that, on balance of probability, the coins found at Clitheroe fulfil the criteria of Treasure, according to the terms of the Act.
[Coins indicated with an asterisk are fragmentary pieces.] Edward I-II Edward III, Fourth Coinage (1351-77) Richard II (1377-99) Henry VI Foreign sterlings Dr B. J. Cook
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Lancashire | ||
| Date | between 1279 and 1427 | ||
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FindID: 468093 Old ref: BM-193206 Filename: AN00784497_001.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/350887 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/350887/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/468093 |
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