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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-51868E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cut half silver halfgroat of James I (1603-1625), first coinage dating to 1603-1604. Initial mark lost. Obverse: crowned portrait, right, with II behind. Reverse has a large shield without legend. As North (1991) 2076.
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 1604
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 0.35 g
Diameter: 16.7 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
Type: Halfgroat: James I, 1603 - 1604 (N 2076)
Obverse inscription: [...]G . ROSA . SIN[...]
Reverse description: Shield.
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Moulsford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5883
Four figure Latitude: 51.54292534
Four figure longitude: -1.16504412
1:25K map: SU5883
1:10K map: SU58SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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