Rights Holder: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
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Unique ID: ESS-1EEF42
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: groat of Elizabeth I.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 23.01 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 31st March 2010 - Tuesday 25th May 2010
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Other reference: EOF 6180
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1986, 2032)
Obverse description: Bust, left
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG AN FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: Long cross over shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI DIV ADIVTOREM:MEV:
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I believe the weight of this coin has been recorded incorrectly.