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COIN

Unique ID: NCL-EC9676

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.71 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 18.41 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011 - Wednesday 19th October 2011

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, Class 3 (N 1708, 1709, 1712)
Obverse description: forward bust in a two-arched crown (note details vary from those illustrated in North) in a tressure of arches
Obverse inscription: ...EN...
Reverse description: longcross with 4 pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: illegible//CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR
Initial mark: illegible
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine