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Unique ID: BERK-75CF96
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval penny, circa 14th to 15th Century AD, badly damaged. Possibly Henry IV (1399 - 1461) heavy coinage - see Spink 2009, page 171 no. 1722
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1499
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 16.97 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd September 2012
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Letcombe Bassett 2012
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Other reference: Tkt 150
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry IV of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry IV, Heavy coinage (N 1347 - 1351)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Within a circular beaded border four quarters each quarter with 3 pellets 2 and 1. Overall a cross with, at the centre and issuant therefrom, a quatrefoil with pellet in the centre.
Reverse inscription: [ C ] IVI [ TAS...]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU3786
Four figure Latitude: 51.571662
Four figure longitude: -1.467528
1:25K map: SU3786
1:10K map: SU38NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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