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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-631565
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Sovereign-type penny of Henry VIII, 1526-1544, Durham mint. North 1811.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1526
Date to: Circa AD 1544
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.62 g
Diameter: 13.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B17-750
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: Durham
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Henry VIII, 1526-1544 (N 1808 - 1814)
Obverse inscription: [HDG ROSA] SIE SPIA
Reverse description: A shield between T.W. (Thomas Wolsey)
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS D[...]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Newnham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7054
Four figure Latitude: 51.28085069
Four figure longitude: -0.99774823
1:25K map: SU7054
1:10K map: SU75SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | 1811 |
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