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COIN
Unique ID: SF-2F9E56
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn and clipped silver Medieval halfpenny of Richard III or Henry VII struck at the Durham mint under Bishop John Sherwood, c.1485-1494 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1485
Date to: Circa AD 1494
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.64 g
Diameter: 14.86 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: WSW 026
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: Durham
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VII, not further defined (N 1718 - 1731)
Obverse description: Uncertain crowned bust facing, letter S on breast, within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, letter D(?) at centre of the cross, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/[](trefoil?)/[]
Initial mark: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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