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Unique ID: WILT-B15E29
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver halfgroat of Henry VII dating to the period AD c1490-1500. HENRIC DI GRA REX AGL Z H obverse depicting a facing bust with a crown with two arches and unjewelled and surrounded by a double tressure. POSVI DEV' ADIVTORE MEV'/CIVITAS CANTOR reverse depicting three pellets in each corner. Mint of Canterbury. Initial mark possibly a tun. Probably North 1712 Class IIIc (North, JJ, 1991, English Hammered Coinage Volume 2, Spink & Son, London).
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 19.23 mm
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Other reference: SSWM 4298
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, Class 3 (N 1708, 1709, 1712)
Obverse description: Bust facing wearing a double arched, unjewelled crown and surrounded by a double tressure.
Obverse inscription: HENRI DI GRA [REX ANG]L Z H
Reverse description: Legend in two circles with three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV' ADIVT[ORE] MEV'
Initial mark: Tun - possibly
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
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Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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