Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-D03025
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver long cross penny of Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Cross-pellet issue (1454-1461) issued by Archbishop William Booth at York mint with pellet on either side of crown and saltires by neck and cross in quatrefoil in centre of reverse and extra pellet in two angles, Spink 1940.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1454
Date to: Circa AD 1461
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 0.95 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th June 2017 - Sunday 4th June 2017
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VI, First reign, Cross-Pellet (N 1520 - 1522)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing with a pellet on either side of crown and saltires by neck
Obverse inscription: +hENRICVS [REX ANGLIE]
Reverse description: long cross pattee with cross in quatrefoil in centre and three pellets in two diagonally opposed angles and four pellets in the other two alternating angles
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI
Initial mark: cross fleury
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW5638
Four figure Latitude: 50.19163314
Four figure longitude: -5.41984988
1:25K map: SW5638
1:10K map: SW58SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Spink and Son Ltd | 2014 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom, 49th edition | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 204 | no.1940 |