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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-ED3BAA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and incomplete silver post-medieval groat of Henry VIII (AD 1509-1547). Third or posthumous coinage dating from AD 1544-1551. Mint of York. The coin is too fragmentary to be more definitive. North 1848 or 1846.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1544
Date to: Circa AD 1551
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.6 mm
Width: 15.7 mm
Thickness: 0.64 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2014.352
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII - Edward VI
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Silver coin of Henry VIII, 3rd coinage, or Edward VI in the name of Henry VIII
Obverse description: Crowned bust right
Obverse inscription: hENRIC V [III] DI GRA AGL FRA Z HIB REX]
Reverse description: Long cross fourchée over square shield
Reverse inscription: [CIVIT]AS EBOR[ACI]
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Curbridge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3307
Four figure Latitude: 51.76071795
Four figure longitude: -1.52326413
1:25K map: SP3307
1:10K map: SP30NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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