Rights Holder: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
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Unique ID: WILT-2EBF61
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A silver post medieval groat of Mary. London mint (1553-54; North 1960)
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1553
Date to: Exactly AD 1554
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.62 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
Diameter: 25.62 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 27th August 2013
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Other reference: SSWM4105
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 head facing left.
Obverse inscription: MARIA DG ANG FRA Z HIB REGI
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over royal shield
Reverse inscription: VERITA S TEM PORIS FILIA
Initial mark: Pomegranate
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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