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COIN

Unique ID: GLO-637967

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

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 1509
Date to: Circa AD 1526

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.45 g
Diameter: 12.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2015 - Friday 1st January 2016

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfpenny: Henry VIII, 1509-1526 (N 1779 - 1780)
Obverse description: bust facing forwards wearing a single arched crown
Obverse inscription: HEN[RIC DI GRA REX AGL]
Reverse description: long cross with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: C[IVITAS LON]DON.
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine