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COIN

Unique ID: CAM-F7B0D6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Sterling penny. Flan damaged and worn in places. Neat slender lettering. Diameter 17 mm, weight 0.72g. Obv: crowned facing bust. –RI-- Rev: long cross with three pellets in each quarter, no other additions to the design. /SI - possibly Bristol? If so, this must be a Henry VI Restoration penny, 1470-1, North 1622/1.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1470
Date to: AD 1471

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.72 g
Diameter: 17 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 10th October 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (second reign)
Mint or issue place: Bristol
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VI, Second reign (N 1622, 1622/1, 1623)
Obverse description: Crowned facing bust.
Obverse inscription: -----RI-----
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each quarter, no other additions to the design. Neat slender lettering.
Reverse inscription: ---/--I/SI-/---

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Melbourn (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL3643
Four figure Latitude: 52.06868
Four figure longitude: -0.01729
1:25K map: TL3643
1:10K map: TL34SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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