Rights Holder: Durham County Council
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Unique ID: DUR-BBAFD8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Silver groat of Mary, 1553-4.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1554
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.61 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
Diameter: 23.76 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th March 2011
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: [MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGINA]
Reverse description: Plain shield with a long cross over
Reverse inscription: [VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE4975
Four figure Latitude: 54.168467
Four figure longitude: -1.250952
1:25K map: SE4975
1:10K map: SE47NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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