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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-2CB903
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver hammered three-halfpenny of Elizabeth I, with rose and date. Issued in 1574. MInt mark unclear. Edges are damaged and worn.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1574
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th March 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Three halfpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threehalfpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 2000)
Obverse description: Bust (5A) left; rose behind
Obverse inscription: E.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA
Reverse description: shield 15/74
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Stowe IX Churches (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6355
Four figure Latitude: 52.189653
Four figure longitude: -1.079844
1:25K map: SP6355
1:10K map: SP65NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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