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COIN

Unique ID: GLO-9A9F1E

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1427
Date to: Circa AD 1430

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.12 g
Diameter: 17 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1988 - Monday 31st December 1990

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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 VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VI, First reign, Rosette-Mascle (N 1449 - 1452)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing forwards
Obverse inscription: H[ENRICUS REX A]NGLIE
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each angle, quatrefoil in the centre
Reverse inscription: [CI]VITAS [EBORACI] (hollow diamond in between the I and T of CIVITAS
Degree of wear: Worn: fine