Modern coin – HCR40971

Obverse

Inscription:

[ ]RIC DI GR[ ]EX AI'

Design:

Front-facing crowned bust with key below; initial mark: star

Reverse

Inscription:

CIVITAS EBO[ ]

Design:

long cross dividing the inscription, three pellets in each angle

Information

Category

English silver coin

Period

Modern

Group

First Coinage (1509-26)

Authority

England: kingdom

Person

Henry VIII, king of England, 1509-1547, Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, Bishop of Durham, 1514-1530

Reign

Henry VIII of England, 1509-1547

Dating

1514-1526

Mint

York (stated mint)

Denomination

Halfpenny

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.32

Axis

Diameter (mm)

8.5

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

Reference

Withers - 2004, Small Silver : type 1A

Reference

Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom : 2335A

Contributors to this coin record

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