Rights Holder: Durham County Council
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Unique ID: DUR-C1AC33
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Silver groat of Mary (1553-4).
The coin is cracked with some of the edges missing
Notes:
Bankhead no. 226
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1553
Date to: Exactly AD 1554
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 27th June 2008
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Other reference: No.226
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Mary I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Mary, 1553-1554 (N 1960)
Obverse description: Bust illegible
Obverse inscription: ..ARIA...BRI...
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over shield
Reverse inscription: VERITAS TEMPORIS FILLIA
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: NZ2742
Four figure Latitude: 54.7722
Four figure longitude: -1.581826
1:25K map: NZ2742
1:10K map: NZ24SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.