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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-E9A1DA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver groat second coinage of Henry VIII dating to AD 1529-1532. HENRIC VIII D G R AGL Z FRANC obverse depicting a crowned bust facing right. POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV reverse depicting a long cross fourchee over royal shield. Lis initial mark. North 1797 (North, JJ, 1991, English Hammered Coinage Volume 2, Spink & Son Ltd, London p 111, no 1797).
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 1529
Date to: Exactly AD 1532
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.68 g
Diameter: 25.35 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4639
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Henry VIII, 1526-1544 (N 1797 - 1799)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing right.
Obverse inscription: HENRIC VIII D G R AGL Z FRANC
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over a royal shield.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV
Initial mark: Lis
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Chitterne
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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