COIN

Unique ID: ESS-B73025

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Post Medieval silver coin: groat of Mary, 1553-54. North 1960.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1553
Date to: AD 1554

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 1.47 g
Diameter: 24.25 mm
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 6th March 2009

Personal details

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Recorded by: Laura McLean - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Laura McLean - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: OEM 5565

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Groat (silver) [ scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Mary I of England [ scope notes | view all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: London [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660 [ scope notes | view all attributed records]
Type: Groat: Mary, 1553-1554 (N 1960) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: MARIA D [G ANG FRA] HIB REGI
Reverse description: Cross over shield
Reverse inscription: VERITAS TEM[PORIS FIL]IA

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Spatial metadata

Region: East
County: Essex
District: Braintree
Parish: Greenstead Green And Halstead Rural

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL8229
Four figure Latitude: 51.929754 Four figure longitude: 0.645706
1:25K map: TL8229
1:10K map: TL82NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined[scope notes]

Adjacent Domesday Book places

Domesday data within 2 km of discovery point is surfaced via the excellent Open Domesday website.

References cited

North, J J, 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 London : Spink, pp

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