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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-87F061
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and almost illegible silver hammered coin. Probably an Elizabeth I halfgroat, c.1558-1603 AD
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 1558
Date to: AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.87 g
Diameter: 17.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2005
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM09768
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Crowned bust left with possible rose behind the head
Obverse inscription: [E]LIZ[ABETH...]
Reverse description: llegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Bigby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0508
Four figure Latitude: 53.55812828
Four figure longitude: -0.41635599
1:25K map: TA0508
1:10K map: TA00NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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