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Unique ID: SUSS-3DF592
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Medieval silver groat of Henry VI. Rosette-Mascle issue with rosettes, mascles and saltires, dating to AD 1427-1430. Mint of Calais. Cf. North 1991 Vol II, p. 75, no. 1446. There are slight circumferential losses to this coin and the coin has been bent in two and restraightened, presumably by finder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1427
Date to: Circa AD 1430
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.02 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Diameter: 25.7 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th November 2013
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: Calais
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Henry VI, First reign, Rosette-Mascle (N 1445, 1446)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within a tressure of arches.
Obverse inscription: hENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FR [...]
Reverse description: Long cross pattee dividing two concentric legends; in each angle, three pellets.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM / VILLA CALISIE
Initial mark: uncertain
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TQ2616
Four figure Latitude: 50.92969935
Four figure longitude: -0.20842309
1:25K map: TQ2616
1:10K map: TQ21NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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