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COIN
Unique ID: BH-19CED2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a silver groat of Mary, 1553-1554.
Dimensions: 22.7mm diameter, 0.1mm thick. Weight: 0.7g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1553
Date to: Exactly AD 1554
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.1 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 22.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 12/104 - 8
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
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: [MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI]
Reverse description: Shield and long cross.
Reverse inscription: [VERITAS TEMPORIS FI]LIA
Initial mark: [pomegranate]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Much Hadham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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