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Unique ID: KENT-828F35
Object type certainty: Certain
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A clipped and worn medieval silver halfpenny probably of Henry VI (second reign) dating to the period AD 1470-1. Minted in London. Withers (2002) Type 2, North (1991) no.1624.
Measurements: 11.8mm in diameter; 0.28g in weight.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1470
Date to: Circa AD 1471
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.28 g
Diameter: 11.8 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (second reign)
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Henry VI, Second reign, Withers London type 2 (N 1624)
Obverse description: Crowned facing bust
Obverse inscription: +hE[nRICV DI] GR[A RE]X
Reverse description: Long cross dividing legend with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: [CIVI]/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Restoration cross
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TR0425
Four figure Latitude: 50.98824182
Four figure longitude: 0.90530593
1:25K map: TR0425
1:10K map: TR02NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |