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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-EFBED7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval silver half-penny of Henry VI, dating to the period AD 1422-1427. Annulets in two quarters of reverse. London Mint. North: 1434.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1422
Date to: Exactly AD 1427
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.35 g
Diameter: 13.05 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM2015-64
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Henry VI, First reign, Annulet (N 1434, 1435, 1436)
Obverse description: Crowned head facing
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS REX ANGLIE
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the inscription, three pellets in each quadrant, annulets in two quadrants.
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Pierced cross
Die axis measurement: 5 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)
Parish or ward: West Lavington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0051
Four figure Latitude: 51.25816243
Four figure longitude: -2.00138335
1:25K map: SU0051
1:10K map: SU05SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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