Rights Holder: National Museums Liverpool
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Unique ID: LVPL-E68014
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver groat of Mary (AD 1553-54). Obverse crowned bust left: [MAR]IA DG ANG FRA Z HIB REGINA. Reverse long cross fourchee over royal shield: VERITAS TEMP[ORIS F]ILIA. Privy mark pomegranate. North no 1960. Clipped.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1553
Date to: Exactly AD 1554
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 22.45 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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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: [MAR]IA DG ANG FRA Z HIB REGINA
Reverse description: long cross fourchee over royal shield
Reverse inscription: VERITAS TEMP[ORIS F]ILIA
Initial mark: pomegranate
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.