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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-92FA47
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a heavily debased silver groat with fine pellet border. Possibly Edward VI (AD 1461 - 1470), Mary ( AD 1553 - 54) or Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603) Cut in half, or bent then snapped.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 12.1 mm
Thickness: 0.78 mm
Weight: 0.86 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th September 2010
Rally details.
This object was found at West Hanney 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Y113
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: ....O.... ?
Initial mark: Cross Potent
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: East Hanney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4192
Four figure Latitude: 51.625331
Four figure longitude: -1.409116
1:25K map: SU4192
1:10K map: SU49SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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