COIN

Unique ID: WMID-666071

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.41 g
Diameter: 19.3 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th January 2009

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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: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, York Royal Mint (N 1713 - 1717)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within a tressure of arches. Double arched crown.
Obverse inscription: hENRIC DI GRA ( )(Z)F
Reverse description: Long cross pattee dividing the legengs; in each angle three pellets.
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV[ ]/[ ](IVTO)/E MEV CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR
Initial mark: Tun
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine