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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-321390
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete silver testoon of Henry VIII.
Third Coinage, mintmark: pellet in annulet,
AD 1544-47 (North 1975, 89, ref. 1841).
Diameter 32mm, thickness 1.2mm, weight 6.2mm
Obverse: Crowned bearded bust facing
Obverse inscription: hENRIC 8 D G AGL FRA Z HIB REX
Reverse: Crowned rose with crowned H and R at sides.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVM ADIVTORIVM MEVM
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
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 6.2 g
Diameter: 32 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Thursday 30th June 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 4915
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Testoon
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Testoon: Henry VIII, 1544-1547 (N1841 - 1843)
Obverse description: Crowned bearded bust facing
Obverse inscription: hENRIC 8 D G AGL FRA Z HIB REX
Reverse description: Crowned rose with crowned H and R at sides.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVM ADIVTORIVM MEVM
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Loxton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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