Record ID: HAMP-EB7282 - MEDIEVAL coin

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Unique ID: HAMP-EB7282

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Medieval coin: Halfpenny of Henry IV (Heavy coinage)

A very worn, slightly clipped and bent late 14th-/early 15th-century silver medieval halfpenny of Henry IV, Heavy coinage, London mint (1399-1412 AD; probably North 1353; Withers type 2)

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Exactly AD 1399
Date to: Exactly AD 1412

Dimensions and weight

Length: 13.65 mm
Width: 12.65 mm
Thickness: 0.75 mm
Weight: 0.51 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Halfpenny [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Henry IV of England [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: London [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1351 - 1509 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: Halfpenny: Henry IV, Heavy coinage, Withers type 2 (N 1352, 1353) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: + hENRIC[VS : R]EX : AnGL (where ':' - double saltire stops)
Reverse description: Long cross patty dividing the field into quarters; three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: [CIVI/TA]S/LOn/DOn
Initial mark: Cross
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Winchester
To be known as: Micheldever CP

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

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Robert Webley - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Laura Burnett - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Robert Webley - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: E3127

References cited

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