Unique ID: HESH-3D5F36
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver half groat of Elizabeth I, Initial Mark: Crescent (1587 - 1589/90 AD)
North: 2016
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1587
Date to: Circa AD 1590
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 16.2 mm
Quantity: 1
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Recorded by: Mr Peter
Reavill
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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]
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: Crowned bust facing left with value mark : two pellets behind
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Reverse mintmark: Crescent
Initial mark: Crescent
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
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Degree of wear: Worn: fine [
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Region: West Midlands
County: Shropshire
District: South Shropshire
To be known as: Ludlow
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m[scope notes]
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Find number: LANCUM-02D823
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Post Medieval silver hammered coin of Elizabeth I, a half groat of the third issue (North 2016). The bust has 3 pellets behind. The initial ma…
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Find number: HAMP-A901A2
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A very worn, slightly bent later 16th-century silver post-medieval halfgroat of Elizabeth I, Third issue, London mint, crescent initial mark …
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Find number: SUSS-D20F73
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A silver half groat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). This half groat is from her Third Issue AD 1583-1603. The initial mark on the obverse dates…
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Created:
Saturday 28th January 2012
Updated: Friday 20th April 2012