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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-0EFF13
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver sovereign penny of Henry VIII, Thomas Wolsey issue, Durham mint, 1526-9.
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 1529
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 14 mm
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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 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 description: full portrait enthroned
Obverse inscription: [HDGR]OSA SINE SPI[NA]
Reverse description: Royal crest quartered by long cross initials TW flanking
Reverse inscription: CIVI[TAS DVR]HAM
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Wymeswold (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6424
Four figure Latitude: 52.80975915
Four figure longitude: -1.05197312
1:25K map: SK6424
1:10K map: SK62SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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