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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-17A381
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn post medieval groat or half groat of Henry VIII, dating to AD 1509 - 1547. The reverse has been mistruck.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1509
Date to: Circa AD 1547
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.6 mm
Width: 19 mm
Weight: 0.91 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st August 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: AYBCM 5084
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat or halfgroat
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Henry VIII, not further defined (N 1762, 1797 - 1799, 1844 - 1848)
Obverse description: Crowned bust right
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: [...]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
Parish or ward: Hughenden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU8598
Four figure Latitude: 51.67434896
Four figure longitude: -0.77215784
1:25K map: SU8598
1:10K map: SU89NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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