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COIN

Unique ID: KENT-467F3E

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

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Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1427
Date to: Circa AD 1430

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.75 g
Diameter: 20.19 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 11th October 2020

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Quarter noble
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Gold quarter-noble: Henry VI, First reign, Rosette-Mascle (N 1443, 1444)
Obverse description: Royal shield topped by a single lis in a tressure of eight arches with trefoils on cusps, trefoil stops
Obverse inscription: +hEnRIC.DI.GRA.REX.AnGL'
Reverse description: Ornamental floriated cross with central lis. trefoil stops
Reverse inscription: +EXALTABITVR.In.GLORIA
Initial mark: Lis
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine