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COIN

Unique ID: DUR-5CE942

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1430
Date to: Circa AD 1434

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.6 g
Diameter: 26.3 mm

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Henry VI, First reign, Pinecone-Mascle (N 1460, 1461)
Obverse description: Forward facing crowned bust in a tressure of arches with a trefoils at the cusps
Obverse inscription: HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRA
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each angle.
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEVM A/DIVTOR/E MEVM and CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine