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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-2B0551
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver groat of Philip and Mary, Tower, lis initial mark, North 1973, 1554-8
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1554
Date to: Exactly AD 1558
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.76 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th March 2014 - Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59756
Other reference: DDMD042014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Philip of Spain and Mary Tudor
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Philip and Mary, 1554-1558 (N 1973)
Obverse inscription: PHILIP ET MARIA D G REX ET REGINA
Reverse inscription: POSVIMVS DEVM ADIVTO NOS
Initial mark: lis
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: North Tuddenham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0312
Four figure Latitude: 52.66768186
Four figure longitude: 1.00070745
1:25K map: TG0312
1:10K map: TG01SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 129 | 1973 |
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