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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-4CD2A4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragmentary silver Sovereign penny of Henry VII or VIII, London, large (2mm) piercing just inside inner circle at 7 0'clock (obverse), further details illegible, 1485-1526
Notes:
The coin has been pierced, indicating a secondary function which would normally indicate that it should be considered as potential Treasure (under Treasure Act 1996). However, coins dating after AD1180 with similar piercings are also known in hoards of currency, suggesting that such objects could re-enter circulation as coins, and not all coins were pierced to convert them into objects such as pendants. It therefore cannot be said with confidence whether this particular object was regarded as a coin or as another type of object at the time that the coin was deposited.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1485
Date to: Circa AD 1526
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 7th October 2013 - Monday 7th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 22972
Other reference: ENMD112013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Obverse inscription: [...]GRA REX AGL
Reverse inscription: [...] LOnDOn
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Foulsham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0325
Four figure Latitude: 52.78438563
Four figure longitude: 1.00873576
1:25K map: TG0325
1:10K map: TG02NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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