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COIN
Unique ID: SF-570B8B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A somewhat clipped silver hammered halfgroat of Henry VII, dating c. 1490-1500. Class IIIc, mint of Canterbury, no stops. North 1712.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.42 g
Diameter: 18.86 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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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: Canterbury
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VII, Facing bust issue, Class 3 (N 1708, 1709, 1712)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: hENRIC' 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: POSVI/DEV[M A]DIVTO/E MEV//CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR
Initial mark: tun/tun
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: Bradfield St George
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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