Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
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Unique ID: NARC-4E0C60
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver hammered sovreign penny of Henry VII, minted under Bishop John Sherwood in Durham . Reference: North 1730. Pierced at 5 oclock.
Notes:
The coin has been pierced, indicating a secondary function which would normally indicate that it should be considered as potential Treasure (under Treasure Act 1996). However, coins dating after AD1180 with similar piercings are also known in hoards of currency, suggesting that such objects could re-enter circulation as coins, and not all coins were pierced to convert them into objects such as pendants. It therefore cannot be said with confidence whether this particular object was regarded as a coin or as another type of object at the time that the coin was deposited.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1485
Date to: Circa AD 1494
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 16 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: Durham
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VII, King enthroned obv. (N 1724 - 1731)
Obverse description: King seated
Reverse description: sheild
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP7246
Four figure Latitude: 52.107653
Four figure longitude: -0.950117
1:25K map: SP7246
1:10K map: SP74NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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