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COIN
Unique ID: FAKL-6C71C4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver halfgroat of Elizabeth, worn, clipped and broken. Most detail lost
Class: Halfgroat of Elizabeth, third issue
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1576
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.81 g
Diameter: 18.5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: A378
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
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, 1558-1561 (N 1987)
Obverse description: Lost
Obverse inscription: ELIZA [ ]DG [ ]INA
Reverse description: Royal arms on a long cross//[15]76
Reverse inscription: ?
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Fulford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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