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Unique ID: SF-BD0B1D
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn silver halfgroat of Henry VIII, probably posthumous issue under Edward VI, c.1547-1551 AD. As North, 1975: no. 1878.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1547
Date to: Circa AD 1551
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.98 g
Diameter: 20.32 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Edward VI of England
Mint or issue place: Southwark
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Edward VI, in the name of Henry VIII, 1547-1551 (N 1877 - 1882)
Obverse description: Crowned bust of Henry VIII three quarters facing, within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: HENRIC 8 D G[]EX
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchee that divides the legend, within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS(mascle)/(mascle)LON/[]N
Initial mark: Illegible or none
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
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Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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