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Unique ID: SF-F84861
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver halfgroat of Henry VIII, third coinage, c.1544-1547 AD. As North, 1975: no. 1852.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1544
Date to: Circa AD 1547
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.07 g
Diameter: 20.1 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st December 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VIII, 1544-1547 (N 1849 - 1853)
Obverse description: Crowned bust three quarters facing, within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: hEnRIC 8 D G AGL FR Z hI REX (trefoil stops)
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchee that divides the legend, within an inner circle. A pellet in the TAS quadrant of the cross.
Reverse inscription: (trefoil)CIVI/TAS/CAn/TOR
Initial mark: None
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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