SUR-45F566: Post medieval coin: Halfgroat of Henry VIII under Edward VI

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COIN

Unique ID: SUR-45F566

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A silver halfgroat of Henry VIII, posthumously issued under Edward VI, 1547-1551, Canterbury mint.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1547
Date to: Exactly AD 1551

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.94 g
Diameter: 19.49 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 15-1476

Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII - Edward VI
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Silver coin of Henry VIII, 3rd coinage, or Edward VI in the name of Henry VIII
Obverse description: Unclear, double struck
Obverse inscription: [...] REX [...] REX
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS CANTOR

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Coombe Bissett (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU1125
Four figure Latitude: 51.02426691
Four figure longitude: -1.84453471
1:25K map: SU1125
1:10K map: SU12NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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