Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-6236F8
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Medieval silver coin; a penny of Henry V (AD 1413 - 1422), Class F, minted at York with a trefoil to the right of the crown. See North number 1403 on page 71 of North Volume 2 (1991). The coin is 16.3mm diameter, 0.5mm thick and is 0.82g. The coin is in two pieces. A small piece of the edge is detatched but present.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1413
Date to: Circa AD 1422
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.82 g
Diameter: 16.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1990 - Thursday 30th July 2015
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Other reference: PAS form number 2642; Finder's number M117
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry V of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry V, Class F (N 1398, 1403)
Obverse description: Forward facing crowned bust with trefoil to right of crown (and mullet to left).
Obverse inscription: (HENRIC REX) [ANGLIE]
Reverse description: Long cross pattee with three pellets in each angle and a quatrefoil and pellet at the centre.
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS [EBO](RA)CI
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE4337
Four figure Latitude: 53.8274945
Four figure longitude: -1.34820316
1:25K map: SE4337
1:10K map: SE43NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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