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Unique ID: BERK-CFAFCE
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post Medieval silver heavily bent and distorted Groat of Henry VIII, AD 1509 - 1547, 2nd issue dating to the period AD 1526 - 1544.
Notes:
Oxfordshire & West Berkshire PAS Record Sheet No. P283
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1526
Date to: Circa AD 1544
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.64 g
Diameter: 23.08 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th September 2017
This object was found at Detectival 2017
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Henry VIII, 1526-1544 (N 1797 - 1799)
Obverse description: Within a border a Crowned profile bust right
Obverse inscription: hENRIC VIII D GRA AG Z FRANC
Reverse description: Within a beaded border the Arms of England, that is to say Quarterly 1 & 4; France Ancient: 2 & 3; England, overall a cross fourchee. Lombardic lettering
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV [...]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP3016
Four figure Latitude: 51.84180277
Four figure longitude: -1.56595393
1:25K map: SP3016
1:10K map: SP31NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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