COIN

Unique ID: SF-024887

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1509
Date to: Circa AD 1526

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.5 g
Diameter: 22.49 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th March 2013

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Half angel (or angelet)
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Half-angel: Henry VIII, 1509-1526 (N 1761)
Obverse description: St. Michael standing facing on a dragon, spearing it with a transverse spear, within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: hEn[]VIII' DI': GRA' REX AL (+ stops)
Reverse description: Ship with large cross as mast from which hangs the Royal standard, h and rose by the mast, all within an inner circle.
Reverse inscription: O CRVX AVE SPES VNICA (double + stops)
Initial mark: Portcullis
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock