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COIN

Unique ID: KENT-68A49D

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

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 1526
Date to: Circa AD 1544

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.84 mm
Weight: 1.28 g
Diameter: 18.18 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VIII, not further defined (N 1763 - 1772, 1800 - 1807, 1849 - 1853)
Obverse description: Crowned bust right,
Obverse inscription: +hENRIC:VIIIDI.GRA.REX AGL
Reverse description: Reverse: shield with the royal coat of arms divided by a long cross, W A beside shield, uncertain mark, (Archbishop William Warham). Reverse
Reverse inscription: +CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR
Initial mark: William Warham's Uncertain Mark
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine