IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 252916 accession number: CM.130-2005 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 6 October 2020 updated: Thursday 20 May 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Piece of lead, c. 28 mm in diameter, stamped with impressions from dies for an Edward III (1327-77) halfgroat, York royal mint, Pre-Treaty series E (1353-55), 5.00 g. The Fitzwilliam Museum has a silver impression from these dies, originally from the collection of William Boyne (1814-93). Both of these impressions may have been made in the 1840s, when the dies used at the York mint in 1353-55 were discovered in a chest in the Pyx Chapel at Westminster Abbey. title: Piece of lead, c. 28 mm in diameter, stamped with impressions from dies for an Edward III (1327-77) halfgroat, York royal mint, Pre-Treaty series E (1353-55), 5.00 g. The Fitzwilliam Museum has a silver impression from these dies, originally from the collection of William Boyne (1814-93). Both of these impressions may have been made in the 1840s, when the dies used at the York mint in 1353-55 were discovered in a chest in the Pyx Chapel at Westminster Abbey. NOTES ----- type: history note value: Under Review LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/252916