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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-EB7282
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn, slightly clipped and bent late 14th-/early 15th-century silver medieval halfpenny of Henry IV, Heavy coinage, London mint (1399-1412 AD; probably North 1353; Withers type 2)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1399
Date to: Exactly AD 1412
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.65 mm
Width: 12.65 mm
Thickness: 0.75 mm
Weight: 0.51 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3127
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry IV of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Henry IV, Heavy coinage, Withers type 2 (N 1352, 1353)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: + hENRIC[VS : R]EX : AnGL (where ':' - double saltire stops)
Reverse description: Long cross patty dividing the field into quarters; three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: [CIVI/TA]S/LOn/DOn
Initial mark: Cross
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Micheldever CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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