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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-FBD635
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver groat of Elizabeth I, Tower, cross-crosslet initial mark, North 1986, 1560-1
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 1560
Date to: Exactly AD 1561
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th August 2012 - Saturday 11th August 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 53033
Other reference: SC042013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
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, 1558-1561 (N 1986)
Initial mark: cross crosslet
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Langley with Hardley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3801
Four figure Latitude: 52.55476
Four figure longitude: 1.509428
1:25K map: TG3801
1:10K map: TG30SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
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 | 133 | 1986 |
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