Rights Holder: York Museums Trust
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Unique ID: YORYM-2E1D04
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, from her third issue (1583-1603).
North, Vol: II, p137, 2016.
Notes:
The finder emailed these details to the FLO for recording. The FLO has not seen the object, the photograph was provided by the finder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1583
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 0.6 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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 head
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Square shield on a long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p137, 2016 |