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COIN
Unique ID: SF-7C3277
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete silver penny, sovereign issue of Henry VIII, second coinage, c. 1526-1544 AD. Minted under Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall. As North, 1975, p. 93, no. 1813.
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 1526
Date to: Circa AD 1544
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 14.17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: Durham
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Henry VIII, 1526-1544 (N 1808 - 1814)
Obverse description: King enthroned holding orb and sceptre. Two pillars to the throne.
Obverse inscription: h(saltire)D[] E SPIA
Reverse description: Long cross over shield, CD beside shield
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/DV[]/[]M
Initial mark: Star
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Dalham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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