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COIN
Unique ID: DUR-A605E5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete blanc aux ecus of Henry VI of France (1422-1461).
The obverse depicts HENRICVS above the English and French shields and the legend reads FRANCORVM:ET:ANGLIE:REX.
The reverse depicts a cross between a leopard and a lis, above HENRICVS. The legend reads SIT:NOMEN:DNI:BENEDICTV.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1422
Date to: Exactly AD 1453
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.97 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
Diameter: 27.03 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Blanc aux ecus
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of France
Type: French: Blanc aux ecus of Henry VI
Obverse description: HENRICVS above French and English shields
Obverse inscription: FRANCORVM:ET:ANGLIE:REX
Reverse description: cross between leopard and lis, above HENRICVS
Reverse inscription: SIT:NOMEN:DNI:BENEDICTV
Initial mark: Star
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Bedale (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE2687
Four figure Latitude: 54.277987
Four figure longitude: -1.602201
1:25K map: SE2687
1:10K map: SE28NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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