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COIN
Unique ID: BH-8B5FC7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver long-cross penny of Henry VI restored, dating to the period 1470-1471.
Diameter: 16.8mm; thickness: 0.5mm. Weight: 0.7g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1470
Date to: Exactly AD 1471
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 16.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/68 - 3
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (second reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VI, Second reign (N 1622, 1622/1, 1623)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing.
Obverse inscription: hENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL
Reverse description: Long cross, three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Cross pattée.
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Aston Rowant
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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