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Unique ID: WILT-519D67

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Post-Medieval (1544-47) silver groat of Henry VIII (1509-47) measuring c.26mm and weighing 1.26g. The groat is little more than a broken and mutilated fragment.

Obverse: Traces of crowned bust right + i.m. lis HE[ F]RA Z HIB RE[X].
Reverse: Shield of arms over long cross fourchée + ] DIVTOR E MEV [.

Mint: Tower

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1544
Date to: Circa AD 1547

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 1.26 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Quantity: 1

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Jordan Blake - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr David Algar - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 3535

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Groat [ scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England [ scope notes | view all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: London (Tower) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660 [ scope notes | view all attributed records]
Type: Groat: Henry VIII, not further defined (N 1762, 1797 - 1799, 1844 - 1848) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Trace of crowned bust right.
Obverse inscription: i.m. lis HE[ F]RA Z HIB RE[X]
Reverse description: Shield of arms over long cross fourchée.
Reverse inscription: ] DIVTOR E MEV [

A resized image of Early Post-Medieval coin : incomplete Groat of Henry VIII

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Spatial metadata

Region: South West
County: Wiltshire
District: Salisbury
To be known as: Salisbury

Spatial coordinates

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Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]

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