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COIN

Unique ID: BERK-30B4E4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Returned to Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1485
Date to: Circa AD 1509

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 19.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, Class 3 (N 1708, 1709, 1712)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with double arched crown.
Obverse inscription: [H]ENRIC DI GRA REX [Z FRA]
Reverse description: Long cross with 3 pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: POSV[I DEV] ADVITOR MEVM
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine