Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
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Unique ID: NARC-291741
Object type certainty: Certain
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A very worn hammered silver groat of Elizabeth I. Slightly clipped. Second issue, without date. Issued 1573 - 1574. Cross crosslet mintmark.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1573
Date to: Circa AD 1574
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.6 g
Diameter: 25 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1986, 2032)
Obverse description: bust left
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH[ ]REGINA
Reverse description: sheild
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP8343
Four figure Latitude: 52.079148
Four figure longitude: -0.790268
1:25K map: SP8343
1:10K map: SP84SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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