Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-7CF804
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete silver Medieval halfpenny probably of Henry VI (AD 1422-1453), three pellets or trefoil by the neck, leaf on breast, possibly dating to 1422-1461. Unclear mint.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1422
Date to: Circa AD 1461
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.78 mm
Weight: 0.44 g
Diameter: 13.66 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 10th January 2019
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Halfpenny: Henry VI, First reign, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned facing bust; trefoil or three pellets by the neck, leaf on breast; trefoil stop.
Obverse inscription: hENRIC trefoil R
Reverse description: Solid long cross; three pellets in angles.
Reverse inscription: VI[...]/LLA/[...]
Initial mark: [...]
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.