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Unique ID: SF-794D8C
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver groat of Henry VIII, second coinage, c.1526-1544 AD. As North, 1975, p.92, no. 1797.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1526
Date to: Circa AD 1544
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.4 g
Diameter: 24.89 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Henry VIII, 1526-1544 (N 1797 - 1799)
Obverse description: Crowned bust right within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: hENRIC VIII DI GRA REX AGL[]
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchee that divides the legend, within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV A/DIVTO/E mEV (Saltire stops)
Initial mark: Rose
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
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