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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-B36C04
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, Tower, crescent initial mark, North 2016, 1587-90
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 1587
Date to: Exactly AD 1590
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 17th October 2012 - Wednesday 21st November 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 31402
Other reference: AHS112012
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2016)
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: crescent
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Roudham and Larling (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9889
Four figure Latitude: 52.463032
Four figure longitude: 0.913145
1:25K map: TL9889
1:10K map: TL98NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 137 | 2016 |
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