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COIN
Unique ID: SF-619E9A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver halfpenny of Henry VI, Pellet-Leaf issue, c.1445-1454 AD. As Withers and Withers 2003, p. 41, no. 16b.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1445
Date to: Circa AD 1454
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.39 g
Diameter: 14.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within an inner circle, pellet to left and right of crown, leaf on breast.
Obverse inscription: hEn(saltire)RIC[]An[]
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, pellet under CIVI on line, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LOn/DOn
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Great Ashfield
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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