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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-C77006
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver halfgroat of James I (1603-1625), second coinage, lis intial mark. Obverse: crowned rose. Reverse: crowned thistle. As North (1991) number 2104.
Notes:
Recorded from details emailed by the finder.
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: 1.02 g
Diameter: 17 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, 1604-1619 (N 2104 - 2105/2)
Obverse description: Crowned rose
Reverse description: Crowned thistle
Initial mark: Lis
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
Parish or ward: Hughenden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU8796
Four figure Latitude: 51.65606508
Four figure longitude: -0.74373922
1:25K map: SU8796
1:10K map: SU89NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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