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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-AE6A9E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver post medieval Commonwealth half groat dating to the period AD 1659 - 1660. Mint of London. Cf. North, Vol. II, pp. 206, no. 2728.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1649
Date to: Exactly AD 1660
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.84 g
Diameter: 15.89 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4285 484a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Commonwealth of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Commonwealth (N 2728)
Obverse description: Shield of St George with wreath formed of a palm and laurel branch
Reverse description: Conjoined shields of St George and Ireland with II mark of value above.
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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