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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-A21792
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete silver halfgroat of Henry VIII (1509 - 1547). As North (1994) Nos. 1850? Dated AD1544-1547
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1544
Date to: Circa AD 1547
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.73 g
Diameter: 18.2 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VIII, 1544-1547 (N 1849 - 1853)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing forward
Obverse inscription: hEn[...]REX
Reverse description: Long cross over royal shield
Reverse inscription: CIVI / TA[S / LO]n / [DOn]
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Laverstoke (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4946
Four figure Latitude: 51.21111057
Four figure longitude: -1.29990222
1:25K map: SU4946
1:10K map: SU44NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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