The Portable Antiquities Scheme
POST MEDIEVAL COIN
1509
A post-Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VIII (AD 1509-1547), minted at Canterbury under Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. Second Coinage. Initial mark: illegible (North 1991: 112, ref: 1804).Obverse: hENRIC.VIII.D.G.R.AGL.Z.FRA; Crowned portrait of Henry VIII rightReverse: CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR; Long cross fourchée over royal shield, T C at sides (possibly a pellet in the second quarter between the shield and circle)Diameter: 19.79mm. Weight: 1.28g. DA=12:2.
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