1605635007000 1605261524000 Standard Record object-265862 1747160900186 1711355867000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-265862 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/265862 c8fcc2b9-a983-301c-880c-3d8db6e05d2d 11 reference term-100804 adlib-term-100804 9e0fb390-67dd-35ac-8ebe-1f9145b90880 coin reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Weight g 1.16 Object reference term-119622 adlib-term-119622 dd6626e9-5822-307d-aa31-13c8813e7555 struck Coins and Medals Edward III (1327-77), silver penny, class 15d, Reading, struck 1338-43 (unique, unpublished), fragmentary, 1.16g. Found in the vicinity of Harlow, Essex, c.1999. CM.149-2000 1 accession number CM.149-2000 265862 priref 265862 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/265862 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/265862 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-175593 adlib-agent-175593 c2aa425e-8998-33fe-bf68-483fda57f2b7 Vosper, M. R. 2000 2000 2000-03-06 bought 1338 1338 1338 1338 1343 1 1343 1343 1343 mint reference agent-159990 adlib-agent-159990 57890f2d-91da-3bb8-8cb3-5ce1b762ef98 Reading ruler reference agent-176213 adlib-agent-176213 2dbfefbd-9e21-3e8d-bb28-4d7a8832ab72 Edward III (1327-77) reference media-4272837458 portfolio portfolio-media-4272837458 a433cd1a-dbf8-33c9-a7dd-6186f65d77f0 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/123/large_CM_149_2000_obv_201509_eer26_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1085 width pixels 1024 1554767708000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/123/mid_CM_149_2000_obv_201509_eer26_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 530 width pixels 500 1554767708000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/123/CM_149_2000_obv_201509_eer26_mas.JPG 1 height pixels 2340 width pixels 2208 1554767708000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/123/preview_CM_149_2000_obv_201509_eer26_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 265 width pixels 250 1554767708000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/123/CM_149_2000_obv_201509_eer26_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 2340 width pixels 2208 1554767708000 1 image 0 <primary>1</primary> <type>main title</type> <value>Coin</value> media image reference media-3523975325 portfolio portfolio-media-3523975325 d9fae14d-eb18-31d0-ae35-2aa6336820fe jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/126/large_CM_149_2000_rev_201509_eer26_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1129 width pixels 1024 1554767709000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/126/mid_CM_149_2000_rev_201509_eer26_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 551 width pixels 500 1554767709000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/126/CM_149_2000_rev_201509_eer26_mas.JPG 1 height pixels 2262 width pixels 2052 1554767709000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/126/preview_CM_149_2000_rev_201509_eer26_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 276 width pixels 250 1554767709000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/126/CM_149_2000_rev_201509_eer26_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 2262 width pixels 2052 1554767709000 1 image 1 <primary>1</primary> <type>main title</type> <value>Coin</value> media image reference term-101415 adlib-term-101415 e7b035c2-e124-323a-bce6-17eda1521db4 penny denomination reference term-107139 adlib-term-107139 9fd5ef13-3709-388f-b925-702787340e32 England series history note Under Review reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-101415 adlib-term-101415 e7b035c2-e124-323a-bce6-17eda1521db4 penny penny <value>This is one of the most important finds of an English medieval coin in decades. It is the only fine silver coin that can be attributed to the period 1335-43 when the English mints were producing debased halfpence and farthings. Technically the penny (of fine silver) remained an authorised issue, but it was uneconomic to strike it. In 1338 Edward III revived Reading Abbey’s minting rights originally granted in the 12th century, and documentary evidence confirms that a pair of penny dies were delivered to the abbot in November 1338. This coin, whose existence was predicted in 1913, must have been struck from those dies. Presumably the abbot was so pleased with his new minting rights that he wished to strike coins carrying his own mark despite the financial consequences. Credit for this acquisition goes to our Departmental Technician, Dr Martin Allen, who recognised its significance and has written a paper on it for publication in the British Numismatic Journal.</value> object OBJECT