Rights Holder: Leicestershire County Council
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Unique ID: LEIC-ED9653
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver groat of Mary I, 1553-54.
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: 1 mm
Weight: 2 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 31st October 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
Obverse description: Left facing crowned bust
Obverse inscription: MARIA DG ANG FR Z HIB REGI
Reverse description: royal crest quartered by long cross
Reverse inscription: VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK4700
Four figure Latitude: 52.59577
Four figure longitude: -1.307573
1:25K map: SK4700
1:10K map: SK40SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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