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COIN

Unique ID: LIN-5D8851

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1485
Date to: Circa AD 1509

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.23 g
Diameter: 18 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2012

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, Class 3 (N 1708, 1709, 1712)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, double arched crown
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, three pellets in angles
Reverse inscription: [POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV]; CIVITAS CANTOR
Initial mark: Tun
Degree of wear: Worn: fine