Rights Holder: Thomas Lucking
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Unique ID: SF-007374
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Charles I, 1641 - 1643 AD. As North, 1991: no. 2258.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1641
Date to: Exactly AD 1643
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.62 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 16.89 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th July 2013
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Mint or issue place: London (Tower under Charles I)
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Charles I, Group D (N 2254 - 2258)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left with II behind head, within an inner circle.
Obverse inscription: CAROLVS. D. G. [M]. B. F. ET. H. REX
Reverse description: Oval garnished shield within an inner circle.
Reverse inscription: I[VST]ITIA. THORNVM. FI[RMAT]
Initial mark: Triangle-in-circle.
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 162 | 2258 |