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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-4B2552
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, crescent initial mark dating to 1587-1590. London Tower mint. As North 2016.
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 1587
Date to: Circa AD 1590
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.87 g
Diameter: 16.3 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: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2016)
Initial mark: Crescent
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ramsbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2972
Four figure Latitude: 51.44625127
Four figure longitude: -1.58410148
1:25K map: SU2972
1:10K map: SU27SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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