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Unique ID: SWYOR-8A31F4
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval silver coin: a clipped half groat of Henry VII (1485-1509), facing bust issue, class 3c, Canterbury mint. It is 18.2mm in diameter and 0.7mm thick. It weighs 1.28gm.
Reference: North, volume 2, number 1712.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1486
Date to: Circa AD 1504
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.28 g
Diameter: 18.2 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st December 2011
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Other reference: Doncaster 00984
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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: A forward facing bust of the king, with double arched crown, within a tressure of seven arches.
Obverse inscription: HENRI[C DE]I GRA R[EX ANGL Z FR]
Reverse description: A long cross pattee with perforated ends dividing a legend in two concentric circles. Three pellets in each angle.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEUM [ADIVTOREM ME]VM/CIVITAS CANTOR
Initial mark: Missing
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TF0594
Four figure Latitude: 53.432338
Four figure longitude: -0.421036
1:25K map: TF0594
1:10K map: TF09SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | number 1712 |