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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-1B0A5F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval silver penny of possibly Henry IV (c.AD 1399-1413), c.AD 1399-1412 (North 1351, Spink 1722), York mint.
Coin is heavily worn in places and has been clipped around the edges.
Obverse: Heavily worn. Bust facing, possible D next to neck. Inscription lost due to clipping.
Reverse: Long cross with central quatrefoil, three pellets in inner quadrents. Inscription lost due to clipping.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1399
Date to: Circa AD 1412
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.62 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th March 2022
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry IV of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry IV, Heavy coinage (N 1347 - 1351)
Obverse description: Heavily worn. Bust facing, possible D next to neck.
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Long cross with central quatrefoil, three pellets in each inner quadrent.
Reverse inscription: None
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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