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COIN
Unique ID: LON-8D7CE0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Notes:
3rd Coinage (1544-7) or posthumous issue (1547-51)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1544
Date to: Ante AD 1551
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2005
Personal details
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Other reference numbers
Museum accession number: 4622/10
Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: London
Obverse description: Crowned, bearded bust facing
Reverse description: Long cross over shield
Reverse inscription: [HENRIC VIII DI GRA A]GL [FRA Z] HIB REX
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
Parish or ward: Hambleden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7886
Four figure Latitude: 51.567489
Four figure longitude: -0.876035
1:25K map: SU7886
1:10K map: SU78NE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaby, B.A. | 1999 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 129 |
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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