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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-5927F1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver penny of Henry VIII, London, possibly posthumus issue?
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1544
Date to: Circa AD 1547
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.71 g
Diameter: 15 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Henry VIII, 1544-1547 (N 1854 - 1858)
Obverse description: facing bearded bust
Obverse inscription: HDGROSASINESPINA
Reverse description: crest quartered by long cross
Reverse inscription: CIVITASLONDON
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: Boston (District)
Parish or ward: Wigtoft (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF2536
Four figure Latitude: 52.906902
Four figure longitude: -0.142804
1:25K map: TF2536
1:10K map: TF23NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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