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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-4D7BF5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Rally ID: 461
Medieval coin: A struck / hammered Silver Penny of Henry VII, minted in York by Archbishop Rotherham.
Weight: 0.7g
Seaby reference: 2235.
Obverse description: Bishop seated
Obverse Inscription: HE [ ] ACHP, with trefoil stops
Reverse description: Shield with two keys below
Reverse Inscription: CIVI / TAS / EBO / I [ ]
Notes:
This record falls below the standard required by the PAS. It was made in the field at the Myddle metal detecting rally during 2005.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1485
Date to: AD 1509
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.7 g
Rally details.
This object was found at Myddle Rally 2005, Shropshire
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Myddle 2005 / photo ID 461
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Obverse description: Archbishop Rotherham Seated. No pillars to the throne
Obverse inscription: HE [ ] AC trefoil stops
Reverse description: Shield with two keys below
Reverse inscription: CIVI TAS EBO I [ ]
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Myddle Rally 2005
Spatial coordinates
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 | 209 | 2235 |
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