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Unique ID: IOW-23AD34
Object type certainty: Certain
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A clipped Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VI (1422-1461), minted at Calais. Rosette-Mascle Issue, 1427-1430, initial mark: cross V (North 1991: 76, ref: 1448).
Obverse: +hENRIC DI GRA[ ]GL Z F; Crowned bust facing within a tressure of nine arches
Reverse: +POSVI (rosette) /DEVm (saltire) A/D/IVTOR/ E (saltire) /mEVm (I have made God my Helper)/VIL/ (mascle) LA (double saltire) /CALI/SIE (rosette); Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant
Diameter: 20.8mm. Weight: 1.93g. DA=12:4.
North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1427
Date to: Exactly AD 1430
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.93 g
Diameter: 20.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 13th May 2014
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Other reference: IOW2014-2-267
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: Calais
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VI, First reign, Rosette-Mascle (N 1447, 1448)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within a tressure of nine arches
Obverse inscription: +hENRIC DI GRA[ ]GL Z F
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: +POSVI (rosette) /DEVm (saltire) A/D/IVTOR/ E (saltire) /mEVm (I have made God my Helper)/VIL/ (mascle) LA (double saltire) /CALI/SIE (rosette)
Initial mark: Cross V
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | 76 | 1448 |