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COIN
Unique ID: WREX-9F88D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver groat of Henry VIII of the third debased coinage with the first bust, initial mark is illegible but will be a lis, London mint. Dating 1544-47. Obverse has the crowned bearded bust of the king facing and the legend [hENRIC 8 D G AGL F]RA Z HIB REX. The reverse has a squared shield over a long cross fourchee dividing the legend [P]OSV[I/DEVM AD/IVTOR/E MEV]. Part of the edge of the coin has been bent.
Diameter: 24.8mm; weight: 1.9g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1544
Date to: Circa AD 1547
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.9 g
Diameter: 24.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th October 2015 - Thursday 6th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 0491
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VIII, 1544-1547 (N 1849 - 1853)
Obverse description: Crowned bearded bust of the king facing.
Obverse inscription: [hENRIC 8 D G AGL F]RA Z HIB REX
Reverse description: Squared shield over a long cross fourchee dividing the legend.
Reverse inscription: [P]OSV[I/DEVM AD/IVTOR/E MEV]
Initial mark: Lis.
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Oswestry
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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