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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-70EF55
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn post-medieval silver halfpenny of Henry VIII, probably Tower mint, third coinage, North no. 1854.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1544
Date to: Circa AD 1547
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.2 g
Diameter: 11 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfpenny: Henry VIII, 1544-1547 (N 1859 - 1862)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, double arched crown
Obverse inscription: [ ]SP[ ]
Reverse description: Long cross, three pellets in angles, ?pellet in annulet in centre
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Legsby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF1385
Four figure Latitude: 53.34982512
Four figure longitude: -0.30389618
1:25K map: TF1385
1:10K map: TF18NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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