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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-A80D25
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Medieval silver 'Sovereign' penny of Henry VII, 1485-94, Durham eccleiastical mint issued by Bishop John Sherwood. North 1730.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1485
Date to: Circa AD 1494
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.73 g
Diameter: 15 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 VII of England
Mint or issue place: Durham
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VII, King enthroned obv. (N 1724 - 1731)
Obverse description: enthroned bust holding sceptre
Obverse inscription: [HENRICV]SREXANGL[..]
Reverse description: Royal crest quartered by long cross, D S flanking
Reverse inscription: CIVI[TAS DVR]HAM
Initial mark: branch like thingy!
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Woodhouse (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5414
Four figure Latitude: 52.72096453
Four figure longitude: -1.20195492
1:25K map: SK5414
1:10K map: SK51SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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