Rights Holder: Leicestershire County Council
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Unique ID: LEIC-7966DE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver groat of Mary I 1553-4.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1554
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.25 mm
Weight: 0.98 g
Diameter: 22 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Mary I of England
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 REG
Reverse description: Long cross fourchée over royal shield.
Reverse inscription: VERITA/S TEM/PORIS/FILIA
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK8220
Four figure Latitude: 52.7713769
Four figure longitude: -0.78599442
1:25K map: SK8220
1:10K map: SK82SW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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