Rights Holder: Durham County Council
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Unique ID: DUR-C6B716
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A silver groat of Mary, 1553-1554, North Number: 1960.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1553
Date to: Exactly AD 1554
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.76 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 22.49 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th June 2011 - Wednesday 15th February 2012
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Mary I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Mary, 1553-1554 (N 1960)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: [MARI]A DG [ANG FRA Z HIB REGINA]
Reverse description: Royal shield over longcross
Reverse inscription: [VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE8084
Four figure Latitude: 54.245447
Four figure longitude: -0.773823
1:25K map: SE8084
1:10K map: SE88SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 127 | 1960 |