Rights Holder: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
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Unique ID: ESS-B99795
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver coin: Groat of Elizabeth I, dated 1558 to 1561AD. North 1986.
The object is 1.99g in weight and 25mm in diameter.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1561
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.99 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 1997 - Tuesday 1st January 2008
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Other reference: Finder ref 029-C0003
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1986, 2032)
Obverse description: Bust, left
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH.D.G.ANG:FRAz:HIBREGI:
Reverse description: Cross over shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV:ADIVTOREM.MEV:
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TL6511
Four figure Latitude: 51.773354
Four figure longitude: 0.390108
1:25K map: TL6511
1:10K map: TL61SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
No references cited so far.