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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-B6CEB5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver halfpenny of Henry VI, fragmentary, leaf-trefoil issue, London, North 1500, 1438-43
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1438
Date to: Exactly AD 1443
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th December 2013 - Monday 20th January 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59691
Other reference: NMD012014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Henry VI, First reign, Trefoil-Leaf issues, trefoil stops (North: Trefoil issue (N 1500))
Obverse description: Facing crowned bust, leaf on breast, trefoils by neck
Obverse inscription: [...]REX[...]
Reverse inscription: [...]TAS LOn[...]
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: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Fincham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6905
Four figure Latitude: 52.61647192
Four figure longitude: 0.49487574
1:25K map: TF6905
1:10K map: TF60NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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