Rights Holder: Sussex Archaeological Society
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Unique ID: SUSS-23F3D8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1470
Date to: Circa AD 1471
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 2.9 g
Diameter: 25.2 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st February 2007
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (second reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VI, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing.
Obverse inscription: +hENRIC.DI.GRA.REX.ANGL.FRANC
Reverse description: Long cross.
Reverse inscription: *POSVI: DEVM. ADIVTOREM [MEVM]
CIVI TAS: .LON DON
Initial mark: Restoration cross.
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | 90 | 1620 |