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Unique ID: HESH-ACB434
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1494
Date to: AD 1501
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 16 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: Durham
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VII, King enthroned obv. (N 1724 - 1731)
Obverse description: Enthroned king facing with orb and sceptre. The crown extends into the inscription and the sides of the throne are made up of single pillars. The inscription has been mostly lost through clipping
Obverse inscription: HEN[RICVS ...]
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross which divides the inscription. Over the shield is a mitre. Below the shield in the lower two quarters are the letters R / D for the Bishop of Durham Richard Fox.
Reverse inscription: CIVIT[AS] DIR[HA]M
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
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 | 1731 |