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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-32238D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Torn fragment (approximately half) of an angel of Henry VIII, Tower, crowned portcullis initial mark, North 1760, weight 2.61g, 1509-26
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1509
Date to: Exactly AD 1526
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 24th September 2015 - Wednesday 28th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 29672
Other reference: DDMD102015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Angel
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Gold: Henry VIII, not further defined (N 1759/1 - 1761, 1782 - 1796, 1823-1840)
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Ickburgh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL8194
Four figure Latitude: 52.51382803
Four figure longitude: 0.66592666
1:25K map: TL8194
1:10K map: TL89SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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