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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-12B168
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1584
Date to: Circa AD 1587
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.5 mm
Width: 15.5 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 17th February 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2584; 267
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 facing left with two pellets behind the head
Obverse inscription: (escallop?) . [E.'] D.' [G.'] ROSA . S[I]NE . SPINA .
Reverse description: Square shield over a bifurcated long cross dividing the legend
Reverse inscription: (escallop?) [CIVI]/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Escallop?
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Hart (District)
To be known as: BRAMSHILL CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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