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COIN

Unique ID: WMID-C12B6A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1485
Date to: Circa AD 1509

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 19 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1985 - Thursday 31st December 1992

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, Class 3 (N 1708, 1709, 1712)
Obverse description: Double arched crown. Forward facing bust.
Obverse inscription: [ ]IC DI GRA [ ]
Reverse description: long cross with three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: [ ]DEVM A/DIV[ ]CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR
Initial mark: possibly tun
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine