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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-684675
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Halfgroat of Henry VII dating from 1490-1500. Class IIIc, minted at Canterbury. Initial mark: tun.
Obv: hEnRIC DI GRA REX AnGL Z FR
Rev: CIVI/TAS/CAn/TOR and POSVI DEV A/DIVTO/E mEV
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: Exactly AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.45 g
Diameter: 19.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st April 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, Class 3 (N 1705)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: hEnRIC DI GRA REX AnGL Z FR
Reverse description: long cross dividing legend with pellets in angles
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/CAn/TOR / POSVI DEV A/DIVTO/E mEV
Initial mark: tun
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Lancaster (District)
To be known as: Warton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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