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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-2AC403
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A clipped silver medieval penny of Henry VI dating to the period AD 1427 - 1430. Mint of York. North no. 1451 iii. Both the obverse and the reverse legend have been removed by clipping.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1427
Date to: Exactly AD 1430
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.37 g
Diameter: 11.96 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4805
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VI, First reign, Rosette-Mascle (N 1449 - 1452)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing flanked by two mullets
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Long cross with quatrefoil at centre, three pellets in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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