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COIN

Unique ID: WMID-FFDD07

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 1431
Date to: Circa AD 1433

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.2 g
Diameter: 13.3 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th January 2014

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Henry VI, First reign, Pinecone-Mascle (N 1468, 1469)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing. Pinecone stop
Obverse inscription: [ ]NRICVS R[ ]
Reverse description: long cross with three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: [ ]TAS/LON[ ]
Initial mark: not present
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair