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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-737AD8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VIII, Moneyer Thomas Wolsey, York 1530.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1530
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 19 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VIII, 1526-1544 (N 1800 - 1807)
Obverse description: right facing crowned bust
Obverse inscription: HENRICVIIIDGRANGLZFR
Reverse description: royal crest and long cross TW in field
Reverse inscription: CIVITASEBORACI
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Rushcliffe (District)
Parish or ward: Wysall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6027
Four figure Latitude: 52.837183
Four figure longitude: -1.110757
1:25K map: SK6027
1:10K map: SK62NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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