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Unique ID: NARC-DA146A
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An incomplete silver Halfgroat of Henry VII (AD 1485-1509). Standard type F, Class IIIc. Long cross reverse with legend in two fields, three pellets in each quadrant. Canterbury mint, king and Archbishop Morton jointly. Tun initial mark AD 1490-1500.
Diameter: 19.55mm, Thickness: 0.71mm, Weight: 1.5g.
North Vol II, P 102, No 1712
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.71 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 19.55 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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, double-arched unjewelled crow
Obverse inscription: +hENRIC DI GRA REX AGL Z F'
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the inscription, three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEVA/DIVTO/EMEV//CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR
Initial mark: Tun
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP6355
Four figure Latitude: 52.18965282
Four figure longitude: -1.07984412
1:25K map: SP6355
1:10K map: SP65NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | 102 | 1712 |