Modern coin – HCR38965

Obverse

Inscription:

[H/h] D G ROSA [SI]N SP[ ]

Design:

Front-facing crowned bust of Henry VIII; no initial mark; pellet stops

Reverse

Inscription:

CI[VI/TAS/]CAN/TOR

Design:

Long cross dividing the inscription, three pellets in each angle

Information

Category

English silver coin

Period

Modern

Group

Third Coinage (1544-47) or Posthumous Coinage (1547-51)

Authority

England: kingdom

Person

Henry VIII, king of England, 1509-1547, Edward VI, king of England, 1547-1553

Reign

Dating

1544-1551

Mint

Canterbury

Denomination

Halfpenny

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.28

Axis

Diameter (mm)

12.3

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

Rogers no 1238.

Acquisition date

19/7/2007

Source

Rogers

broken

Reference

North, J. J. - 1991 - English Hammered Coinage vol. 2 : 1890

Note:

Listed by North under the posthumous coinage issued by Edward VI

Reference

Withers - 2004, Small Silver : Type 2

Note:

Withers and Withers consider Henry's Third and Posthumous coinage impossible to confidently differentiate

Contributors to this coin record

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