COIN
Unique ID: SWYOR-FBB131
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval silver coin; half groat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603); Third issue (1583-1603), key initial mark (1595 - 1598). Minted in London. See North, page 113, number 2016.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1595
Date to: Circa AD 1598
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 0.88 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 17.2 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th September 2010
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Mary
Blevins
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Identified by: Ms Mary
Blevins - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier:
Ms Amy Downes - [
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Doncaster enquiry 939
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half groat [
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Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England [
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Mint or issue place: London (Tower)
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Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660 [
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Type: Halfgroat: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2016) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Left facing bust with two pellets behind
Obverse inscription: E•D•G•RO[SA•S]INE•SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield on cross fourchee without date
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: key
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
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Degree of wear: Very worn: fair [
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: South Yorkshire
District: Doncaster
Parish: Tickhill
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5895
Four figure Latitude: 53.44858 Four figure longitude: -1.128157
1:25K map: SK5895
1:10K map: SK59NE
WOEID: 26346344
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]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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References cited
- North, J J, 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 London : Spink, pp113, number 2016
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Created:
Monday 8th August 2011
Updated: Thursday 11th August 2011
