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COIN
Unique ID: SF-F493E1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1560
Date to: Circa AD 1561
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006
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Materials and construction
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Side profile crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG AN FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square topped shield and long cross
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEVAD/IVTORE/M MEV
Initial mark: Martlet
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Ixworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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