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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-7B0C93
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A pierced silver Post Medieval halfgroat of the Commonwealth dating c. 1649-1660.
Reverse: depicts shields of St George and Ireland with II above. London Tower mint. As, North (1991), p.206, No 2728.
Measurements: diameter 15.72mm, thickness 1.12mm, weight 0.75g.
The flan is pierced from reverse to obverse with a circular aperture 2.23mm in diameter at 12 O'clock above the George shield.
Evidence of reuse: pierced
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 1649
Date to: Circa AD 1660
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.12 mm
Weight: 0.75 g
Diameter: 15.72 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: 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: Shields of St George and Ireland with II above
Reverse description: Shield of St George
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Stapleford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0537
Four figure Latitude: 51.13225452
Four figure longitude: -1.92992167
1:25K map: SU0537
1:10K map: SU03NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 206 | 2728 |
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