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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-1DB597
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver groat of Elizabeth I, first issue, martlet initial mark, 1560-1561 AD. North: 1986
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1560
Date to: Circa AD 1560
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 23 mm
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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: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Elizabeth I, 1558-1561 (N 1986)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR [ET HIB REGINA]
Reverse description: Square topped shield over long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: POSVI/ DEV AD/VITORE/M. MEV
Initial mark: Martlet
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
Parish or ward: Sudeley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP0323
Four figure Latitude: 51.905531
Four figure longitude: -1.9578
1:25K map: SP0323
1:10K map: SP02SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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