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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-ED2B25
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A gold crown of Henry VIII struck 1526-1533. North number 1788.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1526
Date to: Circa AD 1533
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.62 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Crown of the double Rose
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Crown of the double Rose: Henry VIII, 1526-1544 (N 1788-1792)
Obverse description: Double rose crowned, with crowned initials at sides - H K (Katherine of Aragon 1526-33).
Obverse inscription: HENRIC VIII RVTILANS ROSA SINE SPIA
Reverse description: Royal shield crowned, with crowned initials at sides
Reverse inscription: DEI G R AGL Z FRANC DNS HIBERNIE
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: West Lindsey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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