COIN
Unique ID: SUR-00B4E7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a halfpenny of Henry VI, leaf/pellet issue. AD1456-1461.
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 1456
Date to: Circa AD 1461
Dimensions and weight
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 14.28 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2012 - Saturday 31st March 2012
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr David W
Williams
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Identified by: Mr David W
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B12-132
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny [
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Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign) [
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Mint or issue place: London
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Category: English coin Late Medieval 1351 - 1485 [
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Type: Halfpenny: Henry VI, First reign, Pellet-Leaf issue (North: Leaf-Pellet issue (N 1512)) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Pellet each side of crown, possible leaf on breat
Obverse inscription: Unclear [...]ANGL
Reverse inscription: CIVI[TAS L]ONDON
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair [
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East And London
County: Berkshire
District: Reading
Parish: Reading
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6971
Four figure Latitude: 51.433808 Four figure longitude: -1.008791
1:25K map: SU6971
1:10K map: SU67SE
WOEID: 26350831
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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Created:
Thursday 19th April 2012
Updated: Friday 27th April 2012
