NARC-B518FB: NARC-B518FB : Halfgroat : Henry VII

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COIN

Unique ID: NARC-B518FB

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete silver Halfgroat of Henry VII (AD 1485-1509). Class 2. Long cross reverse with three pellets in each quadrant and legend on two fields, with M in centre. No initial mark. Minted in Canterbury under Archbishop Morton. AD 1486-1500.

Diameter: 19.30mm, Thickness: 0.90mm, Weight: 1.5g

North Vol II, P 102, No 1700

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1486
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 19.3 mm

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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: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, not further defined (N 1707 - 1717)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within a tressure of arches. Double arched crown. Saltires by neck.
Obverse inscription: HE[NRIC DI GR]A REX A[NGL F]
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each quadrant and legend on two fields, with M in centre
Reverse inscription: POSVIx/DEMA/DI[VTOR/EMEVM]//CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Nether Heyford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP6558
Four figure Latitude: 52.21638857
Four figure longitude: -1.05001735
1:25K map: SP6558
1:10K map: SP65NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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	102	1700

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Created: 2 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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