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COIN
Unique ID: NCL-AD5B16
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver groat of Mary I. Privy mark is pomegranate. North Number 1960.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1554
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.69 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 23.42 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2011 - Tuesday 16th August 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
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: Left hand facing bust
Obverse inscription: MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over royal shield
Reverse inscription: VERITA/STEM/PORIS/FILIA
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
District: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Whittingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NU0510
Four figure Latitude: 55.38395
Four figure longitude: -1.92263
1:25K map: NU0510
1:10K map: NU01SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 126 | No. 1960 |
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