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COIN
Unique ID: SF-7E5684
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A slightly clipped silver hammered halfpenny struck for Henry VI, dating to c. 1422-1427. Annulet issue, mint of Calais. Initial mark; pierced cross. C.f North no. 1435.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1422
Date to: Circa AD 1427
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 13.81 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 19th April 2017
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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 VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: Calais
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Henry VI, First reign, Annulet (N 1434, 1435, 1436)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within inner pelleted border, annulet to each side of neck
Obverse inscription: +hENRIC REX ANGL (double saltire stops)
Reverse description: Long cross quartering coin, three pellets in each angle within inner pelleted border
Reverse inscription: VIL/LA/CAL/IS (saltire stops)
Initial mark: pierced cross
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Roydon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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