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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-23AC54
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn cut-quarter of a post-medieval coin, probably a groat of Mary (1553-1554), Similar to Spinks Ref: 2492.
Notes:
Photos kindly provided by the finder of the coin.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1554
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 10 mm
Width: 13 mm
Weight: 0.39 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
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: illegible
Obverse inscription: [ ]RI[ ]
Reverse description: longcross with shield
Reverse inscription: [ ]RIS/[ ]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Lilbourne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5776
Four figure Latitude: 52.37907975
Four figure longitude: -1.16405827
1:25K map: SP5776
1:10K map: SP57NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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