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Unique ID: LANCUM-16A441
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A hammered silver groat of Mary, dating to the period 1553-1554. Diameter: 23.8mm, weight: 1.3g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1553
Date to: Exactly AD 1554
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 23.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th September 2009
This object was found at Combermere Abbey 2009
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Mary I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Mary, 1553-1554 (N 1960)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left.
Obverse inscription: MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGINA,
Reverse description: Shield and long cross.
Reverse inscription: VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA
Initial mark: Pomegranate
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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