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COIN
Unique ID: SF-5ECAED
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and broken silver hammered halfgroat struck for Henry VII, dating c. 1501-1509. Archiepiscopal issue at the mint of York under Archbishop Savage, initial marks: ?/martlet, keys by bust. North 1715, c.f also IOW-EE7746 on the PAS database. The coin has broken into three fragments.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1501
Date to: Circa AD 1509
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.35 g
Diameter: 19.68 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th April 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2b
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, York Royal Mint (N 1713 - 1717)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within tressure, keys by bust
Obverse inscription: [....]DI GRA REX [....]
Reverse description: Long cross quartering coin, three pellets in each angle within inner pelleted border, legend in two concentric rings around
Reverse inscription: CIVI/[TA]S/EBO/RACI//P[OSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV]
Initial mark: ?/martlet
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