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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-9A6FEE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval silver halfpenny of Henry VIII (1509-1547).
Obverse: Arch-crowned bust facing.
Reverse: Long cross with three pellets in each quadrant.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1509
Date to: Circa AD 1547
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.43 g
Diameter: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfpenny: Henry VIII, not further defined (N 1779 - 1780, 1815 - 1820, 1859 - 1862)
Obverse description: Arch-crowned bust facing
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each quadrant
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Mid Sussex (District)
To be known as: NR Henfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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