The Portable Antiquities Scheme
POST MEDIEVAL COIN
1526
: Silver coin. Halfgroat of Henry VIII (1509-1547), second coinage, issue of 1526-1530, Canterbury mint for Archbishop Wareham (-1532).Obverse description: Young portrait bust right. Mintmark 'uncertain mark' (121).Obverse inscription: HENRIC:VIII:D:G:R:AGL.Z.FRA:, punctuation conventions here simplified from combinations of saltires, curls etc.Reverse description: Shield of Arms of England and France, long cross, letters W A flank shield. Mintmark cross fitchee (11).Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS:/:CAN/TOR:Diameter: 19.9mm, Weight: 1.26gms, die axis: 6
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