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COIN

Unique ID: KENT-3CD93A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1509
Date to: Circa AD 1526

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.29 g
Diameter: 10.6 mm

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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: Canterbury
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfpenny: Henry VIII, 1509-1526 (N 1779 - 1780)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with single-arched crown. W to the left of bust, A to the right.
Obverse inscription: [ ]GRA[ ]
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each corner
Reverse inscription: illegible
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair