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COIN
Unique ID: SF-9DC926
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A clipped silver Medieval halfpenny, probably of Henry VII, Type 3, c.1485-1509 AD. Withers and Withers, 2004, p. 43-45 or Henry VIII, c. 1509-1547 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1485
Date to: Circa AD 1547
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.45 g
Diameter: 11.68 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny or farthing
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII - Henry VIII
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfpenny or farthing, Facing bust issue of Henry VII or Henry VIII
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within an inner circle, single arched crown.
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Long cross that divides the legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle.
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Wordwell
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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