COIN

Unique ID: SF-849E17

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Notes:

The coin has been pierced, indicating a secondary function which would normally indicate that it should be considered as potential Treasure (under Treasure Act 1996). However, coins dating after AD1180 with similar piercings are also known in hoards of currency, suggesting that such objects could re-enter circulation as coins, and not all coins were pierced to convert them into objects such as pendants. It therefore cannot be said with confidence whether this particular object was regarded as a coin or as another type of object at the time that the coin was deposited.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1435
Date to: Circa AD 1443

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.07 g
Diameter: 24.6 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013

Personal details

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finders ref 8

Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: Calais
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Henry VI, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, all within an inner circle.
Obverse inscription: hENRIC [] FRANC
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/DEVm[]/[]/EVM VIL/LA/CALI/SIE
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock