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COIN

Unique ID: WILT-1504EC

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete silver Medieval penny of Henry V, dating to the period AD 1420-1422. It has been cut crudely in half, with a further tear through one part of the legend. It is a Class G, minted at York. Obverse depicts forward facing bust with trefoil to the right of the crown and mullet to the left, reverse depicts solid long cross with three pellets in each quadrant. Mint of York, North 1404 (North, JJ, 1991, English Hammered Coinage Volume 2, Spink & Son, London p 71, no 1404).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1420
Date to: Exactly AD 1422

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.51 g
Diameter: 10.28 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 5116

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry V of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry V, Class G (N 1399, 1404, 1407)
Obverse description: Forward facing bust, trefoil to right of crown, mullet to left.
Obverse inscription: H[ENRICVS REX]
Reverse description: Solid long cross with three pellets in each quadrant.
Reverse inscription: [...]IIV[...]

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Shrewton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0544
Four figure Latitude: 51.19519836
Four figure longitude: -1.9298266
1:25K map: SU0544
1:10K map: SU04SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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