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Unique ID: LVPL-C46A92
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, (1558-1603).
Obv: E [D G ROS]A SINE SPINA; crowned bust left with two pellets behind.
Rev: CIVI[TAS] LONDON; cross fourchee dividing legend over square shield.
IM: Woolpack.
1594-1595/6AD.
North no.2016
Class: North 2016.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1594
Date to: Circa AD 1596
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.63 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 16.98 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2001
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of 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.
Obverse inscription: E [D G ROS]A SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Cross fourchee dividing legend over square shield.
Reverse inscription: CIVI[TAS] LONDON
Initial mark: Woolpack.
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.