Modern coin – HCR40930

Obverse

Inscription:

[ ] ROSA SI[ ]

Design:

Crown bust facing wearing a single arched crown; initial mark: illegible

Reverse

Inscription:

[ ]IVITAS[ ]

Design:

long cross pattée dividing the inscription, three pellets in each angle

Information

Category

English silver coin

Note

Mint listed as Canterbury on the ticket. The mint name is illegible but lack of letters to either side of bust points to London as the mint place.

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

England: kingdom

Person

Henry VIII, king of England, 1509-1547

Reign

Henry VII, king of England

Dating

1526-1544

Mint

London

Denomination

Halfpenny

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.37

Axis

Diameter (mm)

7.2

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

double struck

Reference

Withers - 2004, Small Silver : Second coinage, not further defined

Note:

The initial mark is illegible resulting in no attribution to specific type being possible. There is possibly a large annulet in the centre of the reverse equating to Withers Type 2 but this is uncertain owing to double-striking of coin.

Contributors to this coin record

jnaylor