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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-2E5EB4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval silver penny of Henry VI, first reign (AD 1422-1461), Annulet issue, cross V, minted at London, AD 1422-1427, (North 1991:74), no. 1431.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1422
Date to: Exactly AD 1427
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.89 g
Diameter: 17.5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16593
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VI, First reign, Annulet (N 1431 - 1433)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: hENRICVS : REX : [ANG]LIE, : represent double saltire stops
Reverse description: Long cross pattee dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter and annulets in first and third quarters
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TASx/ LON/DONx, x represents single saltire cross stops
Initial mark: Cross V
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Near Wincanton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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