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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-F23837
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval silver halfgroat of James I (1603 - 1625), dating to AD 1603 - 1625. Uncertain initial mark. Mint of london.
North (1991) Volume 1, p, 146 no 2104
Diameter: 16 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1603
Date to: Circa AD 1625
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 16 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Rose with crown above
Obverse inscription: [I D G R]OS[A SINE SPINA]
Reverse description: Thistle with crown above
Reverse inscription: [TVEATVR VNITA] DEVS
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Byfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5053
Four figure Latitude: 52.17300267
Four figure longitude: -1.27028542
1:25K map: SP5053
1:10K map: SP55SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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