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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-726F25
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn, clipped and slightly bent half groat of James I, first coinage 1603-1604.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with landowner
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1603
Date to: Circa AD 1604
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 17 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: James I, 1603 - 1604 (N 2076)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing right with value II behind head
Obverse inscription: I.D.G. ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield
Reverse inscription: none
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brampton Abbots
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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