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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-EC6046
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver sovereign penny of Henry VIII, Durham, 1530-44, North 1813.
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 1530
Date to: Circa AD 1544
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.25 mm
Weight: 0.65 g
Diameter: 14 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: Durham
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: full portrait seated
Obverse inscription: HDG ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Crest quartered by cross CD at sides
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS DURHAM
Initial mark: radiant star?
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Rugby (District)
Parish or ward: Shilton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4084
Four figure Latitude: 52.452498
Four figure longitude: -1.412828
1:25K map: SP4084
1:10K map: SP48SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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