Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
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Unique ID: NARC-34B376
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver hammered halfgroat of Elizabeth I. Clipped. Rose mint mark. Third or Fourth issue.
Obverse: bust left. Two pellets behind.
Reverse: sheild. No date.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1565
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.96 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th August 2011
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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, 1561-1582 (N 1999)
Obverse description: bust left. Two pellets behind
Reverse description: sheild
Initial mark: rose
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP5753
Four figure Latitude: 52.172325
Four figure longitude: -1.167938
1:25K map: SP5753
1:10K map: SP55SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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