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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-9D4285
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver half groat of Henry VIII, (1509-1547). Obv: HENRIC VIII DI GRA REX AGL Z FRA; Crowned bust right. Rev: CIVITAS CANTOR; Archbishop William Warham type, W A beside shield. North no. 1767.
Fragment of a silver Harp Groat coin of Henry VIII. Obv: Crowned shield. Rev: Harp.1534-47.
Both coins are of silver. The English one will be of the sterling standard of 92.5%; the Irish coin is too fragmentary for identification to be definite, so it could belong to any of a range of Henry's Irish issues, which went from a coinage of 84% silver to one of 25%.
Notes:
These coins are of sufficient silver fineness to qualify as Treasure, if they were deposited together. It is not impossible that they were a single deposit, but it is at least as likely that they could have been deposited separately, across a period of up to two decades. Therefore, on balance, they do not constitute Treasure, according to the terms of the Act.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2009T553
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1509
Date to: AD 1547
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th September 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2009-T553
Treasure case number: 2009T553
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Dodcott cum Wilkesley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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