COIN

Unique ID: LEIC-C26788

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Post Medieval silver groat of Mary, London 1553-4.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1553
Date to: AD 1554

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.99 g
Diameter: 24 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 27th January 2009

Personal details

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Mary I of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Mary, 1553-1554 (N 1960)
Obverse description: left facing crowned bust (very worn)
Obverse inscription: MARIADGANGFRAZHIBREGI
Reverse description: royal crest quartered by long cross
Reverse inscription: VERITASTEMPORISFILIA
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Market Bosworth (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK3900
Four figure Latitude: 52.596401
Four figure longitude: -1.42567
1:25K map: SK3900
1:10K map: SK30SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

References cited

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Similar objects

Find number: LEIC-854017
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Post medieval silver groat of Mary, London, 1553-4.
Workflow: Awaiting validation