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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-519D67
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval (1544-47) silver groat of Henry VIII (1509-47) measuring c.26mm and weighing 1.26g. The groat is little more than a broken and mutilated fragment.
Obverse: Traces of crowned bust right + i.m. lis HE[ F]RA Z HIB RE[X].
Reverse: Shield of arms over long cross fourchée + ] DIVTOR E MEV [.
Mint: Tower
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1544
Date to: Circa AD 1547
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.26 g
Diameter: 26 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 3535
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Henry VIII, not further defined (N 1762, 1797 - 1799, 1844 - 1848)
Obverse description: Trace of crowned bust right.
Obverse inscription: i.m. lis HE[ F]RA Z HIB RE[X]
Reverse description: Shield of arms over long cross fourchée.
Reverse inscription: ] DIVTOR E MEV [
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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