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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-2213DB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Henry VI, (1422-1461)
Obverse: HENRICVS REX ANGLI; crowned bust facing annulets by neck.
Reverse: VILLA CALIS; long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter, annulet in two quarters.
Annulet Coinage, (1422-1427).
Initial cross V.
North no. 1432.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1422
Date to: Circa AD 1427
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 17.99 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: Calais
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VI, First reign, Annulet (N 1431 - 1433)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing annulets by neck.
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS REX ANGLI
Reverse description: Long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter, annulet in two quarters.
Reverse inscription: VILLA CALIS
Initial mark: Cross V
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Bickley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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