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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-4D9EB0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval silver penny of Henry VIII dating to the period AD 1526 - 1544 (Second coinage). Star initial mark. Mint of Durham under Archbishop Thomas Wolsey. See North, Vol. II, p. 112, no. 1811.
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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 1526
Date to: Exactly AD 1544
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.53 g
Diameter: 14 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: Durham
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Henry VIII, 1526-1544 (N 1808 - 1814)
Obverse description: King enthroned holding orb and sceptre
Obverse inscription: H D G ROSA SIE SPINA
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over shield flanked by the initials T W
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/DVR/EME
Initial mark: Star
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Kingsbury Episcopi
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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