Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-419A99
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver long cross penny of Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Pinecone-mascle issue (1431-1432/3), mintmark cross fleury (1427-1434) with rosette on breast on obverse and no quatrefoil in the centre of the reverse, even though mint of York under Archbishop Kemp, with distinctive reverse legend with mascle [◊] after EBO. Spink 1881. Cf. Wren, 1995, p.115, York ii
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1431
Date to: Exactly AD 1433
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.75 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th August 2019 - Sunday 18th August 2019
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Other reference: 13
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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, Pinecone-Mascle (N 1464 - 1467)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing with rosette on breast
Obverse inscription: +hEN[RI]CVS[pinecone REX◊ANGLIE]
Reverse description: long cross pattee with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/EBO◊/RACI
Initial mark: cross fleury
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TL9764
Four figure Latitude: 52.23892607
Four figure longitude: 0.88378933
1:25K map: TL9764
1:10K map: TL96SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Spink and Son Ltd | 2014 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom, 49th edition | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p.200 | no.1881 | |
Wren, C.R. | 1995 | The English Long-Cross Pennies: 1279-1489. Edward I to Henry VII | Herne Bay | Plantagenet Books | p.115 | York ii |