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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-8D024B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and clipped silver, halfpenny of Henry V (1413-1422)
Obverse description: Bust forward, inscription: +HENRIC x[_ _ _ _ _ _]
Reverse description: Long Cross, pellets in each quarter, inscription: [_ _ _] TAS LON[_ _ _]
Weight: 0.43g, Diameter:13.95mm, thickness: 0.41mm
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1413
Date to: Circa AD 1422
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.41 mm
Weight: 0.43 g
Diameter: 13.95 mm
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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 V of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Henry V, Withers type 7
Obverse description: bust illegible
Obverse inscription: +HENRIC x[_ _ _ _ _ _]
Reverse description: Long Cross, pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: [_ _ _] TAS LON[_ _ _]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Staple (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR2656
Four figure Latitude: 51.25834355
Four figure longitude: 1.23768104
1:25K map: TR2656
1:10K map: TR25NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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