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COIN
Unique ID: SF-550B76
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval silver half groat fragment of Elizabeth I.1572-3 AD
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1572
Date to: Circa AD 1573
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.37 g
Diameter: 17.51 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's ref.1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half groat
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1999)
Obverse inscription: REGINA ELIZ
Reverse description: lower part of shield with long cross fourchee over
Reverse inscription: EV A
Initial mark: ermine
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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