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Unique ID: SF-20CD47
Object type certainty: Certain
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A gold Crown of the Double Rose of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, c.1526-1533 AD. As North, 1975: no. 1788.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1526
Date to: Circa AD 1533
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.73 g
Diameter: 25.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st May 2015
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Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Crown of the double Rose
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Crown of the double Rose: Henry VIII, 1526-1544 (N 1788-1792)
Obverse description: Double rose crowned, crowned initials H and K to either side, all within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: hEnRIC VIII RVTILAnS ROSA SInE SPInA
Reverse description: Royal shield crowned, within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: DEI G R AGLIE Z FRAnC DnS hIB[ERnI]
Initial mark: Rose
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
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Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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