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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-5D2022
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Henry VI dating from c. AD1422-27. Annulet issue. Calais mint with annulets in two quarters of reverse. Annulet by neck. Cross II. North 1432.
hENRIC REX ANGL/VILLA CALIS.
The diameter is 24mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1422
Date to: Circa AD 1427
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 7th May 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: Calais
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VI, First reign, Annulet (N 1431 - 1433)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with annulets by neck
Obverse inscription: hENRIC REX ANGL
Reverse description: Annulet by neck. Cross II
Reverse inscription: VILLA CALIS
Initial mark: pierced cross
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Cotswold (District)
To be known as: NORTHLEACH
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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