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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-FAF602
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver groat of Henry VII, facing bust issue, London, escallop initial mark, North 1705b, 1490-1504
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1490
Date to: Exactly AD 1504
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th December 2011 - Monday 9th January 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: KLMD012012
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, Class 3 (N 1705)
Obverse inscription: hEnRIC DI GRA[...]
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM/ CIVITAS LOnDOn
Initial mark: Escallop
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Soham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6072
Four figure Latitude: 52.322777
Four figure longitude: 0.346239
1:25K map: TL6072
1:10K map: TL67SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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