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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-C5C316
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early post-medieval halfpenny of Henry VII or Henry VIII (more likely to be Henry VIII), probably dating from c. AD1509-1526. London mint. Initial mark illegible. Position of the C in the obverse legend suggests a HENRIC DEI GRA REX AGL legend in which case it will be a Henry VIII halfpenny of the first coinage dating from 1509-26.
Obv: [HENRIC DEI GRA REX AGL]
Rev: [CIVITAS LON]DON
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1509
Date to: Circa AD 1526
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.25 g
Diameter: 11 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th May 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfpenny: Henry VIII, 1509-1526 (N 1779 - 1780)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: [HENRIC DEI GRA REX AGL]
Reverse description: long cross dividing legend with pellets in angles
Reverse inscription: [CIVITAS LON]DON
Initial mark: illegible
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: Boston (District)
To be known as: Boston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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