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Unique ID: SF-8F0799
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn silver Medieval halfpenny or farthing, probably of Henry VI, uncertain type, c.1422-1461 AD.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1422
Date to: Circa AD 1461
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.31 g
Diameter: 12.25 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny or farthing of Henry VI not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: hEnRIC[]
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/[]/DOn
Initial mark: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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