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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-2499F1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn silver halfpenny of Henry VII or VIII, c.1485-1547 AD. The reverse cross has fourch'ee ends.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1485
Date to: Circa AD 1547
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.2 g
Diameter: 11.99 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 6th April 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Henry VII, not further defined (N 1732 - 1738)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: [HER]IC/DI/[GRA/REX]
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: [CIVI/T]AS/LON/[DON]
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
To be known as: Stone cum ebony
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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