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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-B50806
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1594
Date to: Circa AD 1596
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.93 g
Diameter: 16.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM12772
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: London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2016)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left with two pellets behind head
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield on cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: Woolpack
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Winterton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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