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COIN

Unique ID: CORN-A994B7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1427
Date to: Exactly AD 1431

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 3.69 g
Diameter: 26.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 27th May 2017 - Saturday 27th May 2017

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: Calais
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat: Henry VI, First reign, Rosette-Mascle (N 1445, 1446)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing within a tressure of nine arches with trefoils on each cusp apart from above the crown
Obverse inscription: +HENRIC*DI*GRA*REXANGL*ZFRANC
Reverse description: long cross pattee dividing legends with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: +POSVI DEVMxADIVTORExMEVM // VIL/LAx/CALI/SIE*
Initial mark: incurved pierced cross
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine