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Unique ID: YORYM-FD5CA3
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver groat of Mary, shield over cross fourchee reverse, pomegranate initial mark, London mint, AD 1553 - 1554.
North Vol 2, p.126, no.1960.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1554
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.9 g
Diameter: 2.9 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Mary I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Mary, 1553-1554 (N 1960)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI
Reverse description: Cross fourchee over royal shield
Reverse inscription: VERITA/STEM/PORIS/FILIA
Initial mark: Pomegranate
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: NZ4702
Four figure Latitude: 54.411289
Four figure longitude: -1.27735
1:25K map: NZ4702
1:10K map: NZ40SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p.126 | no.1960 |