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Unique ID: GLO-6F8791
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver penny of Henry VI dated to 1427-1430 Rosette-mascle issue. Obverse: bust facing forwards with mullets by crown. Reverse: long cross with quatrefoil in centre, three pellets in each angle. [CI]VIT[AS EBORACI]
Note: this coin is heavily clipped resulting in the loss of the whole of the inscription from the obverse and most of the inscription on the reverse.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1427
Date to: Circa AD 1430
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.28 g
Diameter: 12 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Friday 1st August 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VI, First reign, Rosette-Mascle (N 1449 - 1452)
Obverse description: bust facing forwards with mullets by crown
Reverse description: long cross with quatrefoil in centre, three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: [CI]VIT[AS EBORACI]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: ST7092
Four figure Latitude: 51.62601019
Four figure longitude: -2.43477841
1:25K map: ST7092
1:10K map: ST79SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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