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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-8A0A61
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a silver groat of Mary
Date 1553-1554,
Obverse: shoulder of a left facing bust
Obverse inscription: IA D
Reverse: top quarter of a shield
Reverse inscription RITA
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1554
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11 mm
Width: 8 mm
Weight: 0.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 18th June 2013
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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
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Mary, 1553-1554 (N 1960)
Obverse description: shoulder of a left facing bust
Obverse inscription: IA D
Reverse description: top quarter of a shield
Reverse inscription: RITA
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Wraxall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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