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COIN

Unique ID: WAW-5AEF2E

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 1430
Date to: Exactly AD 1434

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 3.67 g
Diameter: 26.9 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th April 2019

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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 VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: Calais
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Henry VI, First reign, Pinecone-Mascle (N 1460, 1461)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, in nine-arched tressure.
Obverse inscription: hEnRIC D GRA REX AnGL' x Z FRAnC
Reverse description: Long cross dividing double legend, with three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEVmxxA/DIVTOR/E'x mEVm
Initial mark: Cross IIIa
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine