WAW-E33C9B: Late Medieval coin: half groat of Henry VII

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COIN

Unique ID: WAW-E33C9B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete silver late Medieval half groat of Henry VII (AD 1485-1509). Facing bust issue, Class IIIc (North 1712) dating to AD 1490-1500. Tun intial mark, Canterbury mint. North (1991: 102). Coin appears to have been clipped.

Coin measures 22mm in diameter.

Notes:

Photographs and dimensions kindly supplied by the finder via email.

Evidence of reuse: Clipped

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1490
Date to: Exactly AD 1500
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Diameter: 22 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 25th February 2022

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, Class 3 (N 1708, 1709, 1712)
Obverse description: Double arched, unjewelled crowned bust facing.
Obverse inscription: hEnRIC.DI.GRA.[REX.A]nGL.Z.F
Reverse description: Long cross dividing double legend with three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV'A/DIVTO/[...]//CIVI/TAS/CAn/TOR
Initial mark: Tun
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Welland (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO7940
Four figure Latitude: 52.05797868
Four figure longitude: -2.30769688
1:25K map: SO7940
1:10K map: SO74SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
North, J.J.	1960	English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662	London	Spink and Son	p. 102	no. 1712

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Created: 2 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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