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Unique ID: SOM-D8F258
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VIII (1509-1547), second coinage, catherine wheel initial mark, minted at Canterbury under Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, 1533-1544 AD, North 1804.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1533
Date to: Exactly AD 1544
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.27 g
Diameter: 19.7 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th February 2011
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Other reference: SCC reciept 20736
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VIII, 1526-1544 (N 1800 - 1807)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing right
Reverse description: Square topped shield over long cross fourchee T/C flanking shield with a pellet between shield and inner border in the second quarter
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS C[AN/]TOR
Initial mark: Catherine wheel
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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