Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
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Unique ID: NARC-9FE1B6
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver hammered 'portcullis' halfpenny of Elizabeth I.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.29 g
Diameter: 11 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 2nd April 2012
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfpenny: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2018)
Obverse description: portcullis
Reverse description: longcross
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP5853
Four figure Latitude: 52.172221
Four figure longitude: -1.153317
1:25K map: SP5853
1:10K map: SP55SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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