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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-231E74
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval silver halfpenny of Henry VI, first reign, pellet-leaf issue, London mint, AD 1445-1454, North 1512.
This coin has ghosting marks of the reverse cross on the obverse.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1445
Date to: Circa AD 1454
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.4 mm
Width: 12.8 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.54 g
Diameter: 14.4 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16622
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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 with leaf on breast, pellets either side of crown
Obverse inscription: hENRIC REX AnGLI
Reverse description: Long cross patty dividing the field into quarters; three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LOn/DOn
Initial mark: Cross fleury
Die axis measurement: 5 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: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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