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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-4CFDC4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval silver penny of Henry IV (1399-1413 AD), minted at York. Light Coinage, 1412-1413 (North 1991: 67, ref: 1364).
Obverse: Illegible
Reverse: CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI (annulet before CIVI; annulet before EBO); Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant, quatrefoil at centre of cross
Diameter: 15.15mm. Weight: 0.76g.
The coin was bent through 180° when found.
Evidence of reuse: The coin was bent through 180° when found
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1412
Date to: Exactly AD 1413
Period of reuse: MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.76 g
Diameter: 15.15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th May 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-1-268
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry IV of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry IV, Light coinage, York, annulet on breast, annulet stops on reverse (N 1364)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant, quatrefoil at centre of cross
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI (annulet before CIVI; annulet before EBO)
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 67 | 1364 |
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