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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-7E0842
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
North 2001 or 2017 (4th or 5th issue) - the coin dates from either 1578-80 or 1594-96, since the i.m./mint mark on the obverse if a woolpack and on the reverse a plain cross.
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 1578
Date to: Circa AD 1596
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.43 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2005
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: bust facing right
Obverse inscription: ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: cross fourchee dividing legend
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: woolpack
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Lancaster (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD5065
Four figure Latitude: 54.078482
Four figure longitude: -2.765697
1:25K map: SD5065
1:10K map: SD56NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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