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COIN

Unique ID: KENT-E8B296

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Two joining fragments of a Post-Medieval silver coin. This is a silver groat of Mary I dating to 1553-1554.
The fragments are very worn and damaged, and had broken along the line of a bend in the coin. The obverse has a long cross fourchée over a royal shield with a partial inscription of VERITA[S]. The obverse is heavily worn and scratched and so has no visible bust. The obverse holds the partial inscription REGI....[M]ARIA.

See North, English Hammered Coinage: Edward I to Charles II 1272-1662, p.126, no.1960.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1553
Date to: Exactly AD 1554

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 2
Thickness: 0.49 mm
Weight: 1.04 g
Diameter: 23.01 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Mary I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Mary, 1553-1554 (N 1960)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: REGI[...]ARIA[...]
Reverse description: Long cross fourchée over royal shield
Reverse inscription: VERITA[...]
Initial mark: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Aspenden (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL3428
Four figure Latitude: 51.93438441
Four figure longitude: -0.05230959
1:25K map: TL3428
1:10K map: TL32NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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