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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-4A97D5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver halfpenny of Henry VI, (1422-1461).
Reverse: [CIVITA]S LOND[ON]; long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter.
Pellet-leaf issue, single saltire stops with no comma after HENRIC or ANGLI, leaf on breast.
North 1512.
AD 1445-54, London mint.
IM: cross V.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1445
Date to: Circa AD 1454
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 13.35 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Henry VI, First reign, Pellet-Leaf issue (North: Leaf-Pellet issue (N 1512))
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing.
Obverse inscription: [HEN]RIC DI GRA REX ANGL
Reverse description: Long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: [CIVITA]S LOND[ON]
Initial mark: Cross V.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warrington (Unitary Authority)
District: Warrington (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Winwick
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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