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Unique ID: SUSS-A84292
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1427
Date to: AD 1430
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 3.6 g
Diameter: 26.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 12th December 2009
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: Calais
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Henry VI, First reign, Rosette-Mascle (N 1445, 1446)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing in tressure of nine arches with fluer de lis on six of the points
Obverse inscription: hENRIC (rosette) DI (rosette) GRA (rosette) REX (mascle) ANGL (rosette) Z (none/unclear) FRANC
Reverse description: Long cross pattee dividing legend in two concentric circles with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: POSVI (rosette)/ DVEM (double saltire) A/DIVTOR/E (saltire) MEVM
VIL/(mascle)LA (double saltire)/ CALI/SIE (rosette)
Initial mark: Crosses II/V
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.