Rights Holder: Buckinghamshire County Museum
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Unique ID: BUC-D25233
Object type certainty: Certain
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A groat (silver) of Mary I of England. Type: (N 1960). Obverse description: Crowned bust left. Obverse inscription: MARIA DG ANG FRA Z HYB REGINA. Reverse description: Straight sided shield with cross fourchee over. Reverse inscription: VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA. Initial mark: Pomegranate.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1554
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2 g
Diameter: 24.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th August 2011
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Mary I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Mary, 1553-1554 (N 1960)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: MARIA DG ANG FRA Z HYB REGINA
Reverse description: Straight sided shield with cross fourchee over
Reverse inscription: VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA
Initial mark: Pomegranate
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP5721
Four figure Latitude: 51.8846548
Four figure longitude: -1.17325852
1:25K map: SP5721
1:10K map: SP52SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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