COIN

Unique ID: SF-430311

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A silver Medieval halfgroat of Henry VII, facing bust issue, class IIIc, c.1490-1500 AD. As North, 1975: no. 1712.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 1.49 g
Diameter: 19.42 mm
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 24th October 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Andrew Brown - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Andrew Brown - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finder's Ref.: 1093

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: Half groat [ scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England [ scope notes | view all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Canterbury [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1351 - 1485 [ scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, Class 3 (N 1708, 1709, 1712) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, double arched crown, within a double stranded multifoil, all within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: +hENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z [H?] (no stops, Lombardic N)
Reverse description: Long cross dividing inner and outer legends, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: +POSVI/DEV A/DIVTO/R MEV // CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR (Lombardic N's and M)
Reverse mintmark: Tun
Initial mark: Tun
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock [scope notes | view all attributed records]

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Spatial metadata

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: Mid Suffolk
To be known as: Combs

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined[scope notes]

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