COIN

Unique ID: ESS-1AA8DE

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Notes:

All images and information was provided by the finder of this item. Although the FLO has seen it, it was not brought in for recording.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: With the finder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1549
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.3 g
Diameter: 29.7 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Half sovereign (or double crown, ten shillings, half pound or half laurel)
Ruler/issuer: Edward VI of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Half-sovereign: Edward VI, 1549-1550 (N 1907-1912)
Obverse description: Bust of Edward VI, uncrowned facing right
Obverse inscription: SCVTVM FIDEI PROTEGET EIVM
Reverse description: oval garnsihed shield with the initials E and R either side
Reverse inscription: EDWARD . VI . D . G . ANG . FRA . Z . HIB . REX.
Initial mark: Letter Y
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine