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COIN

Unique ID: OXON-D74697

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1485
Date to: Exactly AD 1509

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 3.03 g
Diameter: 25.3 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 18th June 2020 - Friday 18th September 2020

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, Class 2 (N 1704)
Obverse description: rowned bust facing within a tressure of nine arches closed crown with plain arches, no rose on breast, no quatrefoils or saltires on neck
Obverse inscription: HEnRIC DI GRA REX AnGL Z FRAnC (trefoil saltire stops)
Reverse description: Long cross patée dividing the inscriptions with three pellets in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: POSVI/ DEVm A/DIVTOR/E mEVm CIVI/TAS/LOn/DOn
Initial mark: trefoil
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine