Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-F90948
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1413
Date to: AD 1422
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 16.7 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 15th October 2007 - Saturday 20th October 2007
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Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Quarter noble
Ruler/issuer: Henry V of England
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Gold quarter-noble: Henry V (N 1381-1384)
Obverse description: Royal shield with lis above. Quatrefoil and annulet at each side of the shield, large trefoils at points of tressure.
Obverse inscription: HENRIC DI GRA REX ANG(L)I
Reverse description: Four lis (at 3, 6, 9, and 12 o'clock) surrounded by arches. Stars at the angle of the central panel. Lis at centre.
Reverse inscription: EXALTA[BITVR] IN GLORIA
Initial mark: Cross pattee with central pellet.
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 70 | 1381/1 |