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COIN
Unique ID: CAM-79CA93
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A clipped, cracked and bent silver halfpenny of Henry VI, first reign AD 1422-1461. Calais mint, annulet issue.
The obverse initial cross is a 'roundabout' type with the annulet visible at the centre. Obverse legend reads: + hE[NR]IC REX [AN]GL. Obverse shows a forward facing crowned bust, single annulet at each shoulder. Reverse legend reads: [V]IL/LA(saltire stop)/[CA]L/IS[...]. Reverse shows a solid long cross with three pellets per quarter, two opposing quarters have a single annulet at the centre of the three pellets ('VIL' & 'CAL' quarters).
Die axis is 3 o'clock. Weight is 0.40g, diameter is 14.2mm, thickness is 0.4mm.
See: Withers, P. and Withers, B.R., 2003 Halfpennies and Farthings: Henry IV, V and VI Llanfyllin : Galata Print , pp.44.
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 1461
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 14.2 mm
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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: Forward facing crowned bust, single annulet at each shoulder.
Obverse inscription: + hE[NR]IC REX [AN]GL
Reverse description: Solid long cross with three pellets per quarter, two opposing quarters have a single annulet at the centre of the three pellets ('VIL' & 'CAL' quarters).
Reverse inscription: [V]IL/LA(saltire stop)/[CA]L/IS[...].
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Bottisham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL5462
Four figure Latitude: 52.23465911
Four figure longitude: 0.25371427
1:25K map: TL5462
1:10K map: TL56SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withers, P. and Withers, B.R. | 2003 | Halfpennies and Farthings: Henry IV, V and VI | Llanfyllin | Galata Print | pp.44. |
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