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COIN
Unique ID: FAKL-C2D6B4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver penny of Henry VI, Calais mint, Standard type G.
Coin encased in a cardboard envelope and could not be weighed)
Class:
Long-cross penny, Henry VI
Sub class: Standard Type G
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: 18 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: A417
Materials and construction
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
Obverse description: Crowned bust, facing, annulets to each side of neck, double saltire stops
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS REX ANG HIB
Reverse description: Long-cross, annulets between pellets in two quarters.
Reverse inscription: VIL/LA/CAL/IS
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Fulford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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