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A penny of Henry VIII first coinage
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Durham County Council, Lauren Proctor, 2012-12-04 10:10:28
Title
A penny of Henry VIII first coinage
Description
English: A complete penny of Henry VIII's first coinage (1509-1526).

The obverse depicts a forward facing, enthroned figure hold a sceptre and an orb. The legend starts at the 1 o'clock position and reads HENRIC DI GRA REX AGL Z. The initial mark is a lis and there are crosses between each word of the legend.

The reverse depicts a shield which is quartered by a long cross which also cuts through the legend. The legend reads CIVI/TAS/DUR/RAM. There are two letters on top of the shield, a T to the left of the cross and a D to the right of the cross indicating Bishop Thomas Ruthall of Durham.

The North Number is 1776.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North East Lincolnshire
Date POST MEDIEVAL
Accession number
FindID: 533314
Old ref: DUR-CC4D16
Filename: DUR-CC4D16 penny of Henry VIII.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/407058
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/407058/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/533314
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 27 November 2020)
Object location53° 27′ 10.8″ N, 0° 07′ 52.85″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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