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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-079461
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver halfgroat of Henry VIII or Edward VI in the name of Henry VIII, Canterbury, further details illegible, 1544-51
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1544
Date to: Exactly AD 1551
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 23rd January 2013 - Wednesday 27th February 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 55203
Other reference: DDMD022013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII - Edward VI
Mint or issue place: Uncertain
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Silver coin of Henry VIII, 3rd coinage, or Edward VI in the name of Henry VIII
Obverse inscription: [...]REX
Reverse inscription: [...]TOR
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Ovington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9203
Four figure Latitude: 52.590878
Four figure longitude: 0.833026
1:25K map: TF9203
1:10K map: TF90SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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