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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-75AC61
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete silver hammered Groat of Henry VII. This is a regular profile issue with a Pheon as its initial mark, dating it to 1507-9. The Groat is plough damaged, missing about a third to a rip and being bent once.
Notes:
page 51, Medieval English Groats by Ivan Buck
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with landowner
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1507
Date to: Exactly AD 1509
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII - Henry VIII
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Profile issue, Henry VII or Henry VIII, not further defined
Obverse description: The lost third corresponds roughly with the crown.
The hair is too faint to distinguish it's particular style.
Obverse inscription: ...IC VII DI GRA REX AGL ...
Reverse description: The lost third extends from 6'oclock to 10'oclock
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEU A... ... MEU
Initial mark: Pheon
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brampton Abbotts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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