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COIN
Unique ID: SF-3977F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and clipped silver hammered penny struck for Henry VII, dating c. 1485-1489. Archiepiscopal issue under Archbishop Thomas Rotherham, mint of York, 'T' to left of bust (now illegible) cross to right. C.f North 1721 and WREX-1CE59C on the PAS database.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1485
Date to: Circa AD 1489
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.67 g
Diameter: 15.51 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th December 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VII, Facing bust issue (N 1718 - 1723)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, 'T' to left of neck and cross to right
Obverse inscription: [HEnRIC DEI GRA REX AnGL]
Reverse description: Long cross quartering coin, three pellets in each angle within inner pelleted border, 'h' at centre of cross
Reverse inscription: CIVI/[TAS]/EBO/RACI
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Wordwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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