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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-926F1B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
French Royal Coinage, Henry VI (As King of France 1422-1453), Anglo-Gallic Grand Blanc aux Écus. Paris mint. The coin is incomplete with half having been corroded away.
FRANCORVM ET [ANGLIE REX]around inner circle with shields of France and England within, HĒRICVS above, rev., [SIT NOMEN DNI BENEDICTV] around inner circle with a Latin cross, lis and leopard within, above HĒRICVS.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1422
Date to: Circa AD 1453
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.77 g
Diameter: 26.31 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Blanc aux ecus
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of France
Type: French: Blanc aux ecus of Henry VI
Obverse description: Shields of France and England within, HĒRICVS above
Obverse inscription: FRANCORVM ET [ANGLIE REX]
Reverse description: Latin cross, lis and leopard within, above HĒRICVS.
Reverse inscription: [SIT NOMEN DNI BENEDICTV]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Near Caistor
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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