Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WAW-65B53B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: groat of Henry VIII (1509-1547) minted in London between 1529 and 1532 or 1538 and 1541. Second coinage. North No. 1797-8.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1529
Date to: Exactly AD 1541
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.68 g
Diameter: 25.33 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th April 2016 - Sunday 24th April 2016
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Henry VIII, 1526-1544 (N 1797 - 1799)
Obverse description: Bust facing right, crowned.
Obverse inscription: hENRIC VIII D G R AGL Z FRANCE
Reverse description: Long cross over royal shield.
Reverse inscription: POSVI / DEV A / DIVTOR / E MEV
Initial mark: Lis
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP3724
Four figure Latitude: 51.91330814
Four figure longitude: -1.46349818
1:25K map: SP3724
1:10K map: SP32SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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