Modern coin – HCR40963

Obverse

Inscription:

hEnRIC VIII DI' GRA' REX AL'

Design:

Crowned bust of Henry VII facing right; initial mark: marlet

Reverse

Inscription:

POSVI DEV' ADIVTOE' MEV'

Design:

Long cross over royal shield, X B either side; initial mark: marlet

Information

Category

English silver coin

Period

Modern

Group

First Coinage (1509-26)

Authority

England: kingdom

Person

Henry VIII, king of England, 1509-1547, Christopher Bainbridge, Archbishop of York, 1508-1514

Reign

Henry VIII of England, 1509-1547

Dating

1509-1514

Mint

York

Denomination

Half-groat

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.36

Axis

Diameter (mm)

13.8

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

holed

Reference

North, J. J. - 1991 - English Hammered Coinage vol. 2 : 1768

Contributors to this coin record

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