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Unique ID: LEIC-5DA771
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, dating to AD 1584-7. Third issue. Escallop initial mark.
North vol.II, 137, no.2016
Diameter: 17.0mm
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1584
Date to: Exactly AD 1587
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 17 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2016)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, two pellets behind head
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield on cross fourchee dividing the legend
Reverse inscription: CIVI-TAS LON-DON
Initial mark: Escallop
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK7405
Four figure Latitude: 52.63771097
Four figure longitude: -0.90791989
1:25K map: SK7405
1:10K map: SK70NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | 137 | 2016 |