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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-E07E01
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1486
Date to: AD 1504
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.57 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd October 2005
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2005-192-7
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing (Two arches unjewelled)
Obverse inscription: HENRIC DI GRA...
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the inscriptions. Three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: Outer: POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEV
Inner: CIVI TAS CAN TOR
Initial mark: Tun
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 84 | 1712 |
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Workflow: Published
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Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
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