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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-5AF988
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver groat of Henry VIII, Tower, arrow initial mark, North 1797, weight 1.71g, inscribed VI in front of the king's face, presumably as a crude attempt to enable the coin to pass at a value of sixpence, 1532-42 (in two pieces)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1532
Date to: Exactly AD 1542
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.71 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 20th April 2015 - Monday 18th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 37001
Other reference: NMD052015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Henry VIII, 1526-1544 (N 1797 - 1799)
Initial mark: arrow
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Caistor St. Edmund (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2404
Four figure Latitude: 52.58762166
Four figure longitude: 1.30531755
1:25K map: TG2404
1:10K map: TG20SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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