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Unique ID: ESS-C87074
Object type certainty: Certain
Medieval silver coin: Annulet issue Groat of Henry VI, minted in Calais. Dating 1422-7 AD. North 1424.
Damage to edges of coin and there is a fracture running across the lower third of the coin, as viewed from the obverse. The reverse has been double struck.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1422
Date to: Circa AD 1427
Dimensions and weight
Weight: 3 g
Diameter: 26.73 mm
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: Groat [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Calais [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1351 - 1509 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: Groat: Henry VI, First reign, Annulet (N 1423 - 1427) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crowned bust, facing. Annulet to either side of neck
Obverse inscription: HENRIC:D... ...FRANC (double saltire stops)
Reverse description: Cross with three pellets in each angle; annulet in two angles. Double struck.
Reverse inscription: POSVI.DEVM:A.... //VILLA:CALISIE (annulet and double saltire stops)
Reverse mintmark: Cross II/II
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial data
Region: East
County: Essex
District: Maldon
Parish: Great Totham
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TL8511
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 2nd December 2011
Personal details
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Recorded by: Laura McLean
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Identified by: Laura McLean - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: Colchester OEF 6819
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Audit data
Created:
Monday 5th December 2011
Updated: Wednesday 14th December 2011
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