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COIN

Unique ID: LIN-661754

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 1485
Date to: Ante AD 1509

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.36 g
Diameter: 19 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Obverse description: Crowned facing bust in a tressure of arches
Obverse inscription: HENRIC DI GRA A[ ]Z[ ]
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legends, three pellets in angles
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV; CIVITAS CANTOR
Initial mark: TUN