Rights Holder: Justine Biddle
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Unique ID: LANCUM-464600
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver Medieval groat of Henry VI, first reign, annulet issue, c.1422-1427 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 1427
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.69 g
Diameter: 20.14 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: Calais
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Henry VI, First reign, Annulet (N 1423 - 1427)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within a double stranded multifoil, annulets to each side of the neck, all within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: +hEnRIC DI GRA REX AnGL Z FRAnC' (saltire stops)
Obverse inscription: +hEnRIC DI GRA REX[]
Reverse description: Long cross dividing inner and outer legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, an annulet in two of the quadrants, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEVM A/DIVTOR/EMEVM // VIL/LAx/CAL/IS
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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