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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-83BF05
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An early Tudor coin - most probably a groat of Mary or Mary and Philip - possibly initial Mark Lis or Pommegranate although the condition of the coin is poor being heavily worn.
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1554
Date to: Circa AD 1558
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 19 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Shilling, groat, halfgroat or penny
Ruler/issuer: Philip of Spain and Mary Tudor
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: PO[SVI DEV] ADIV[TOREM M]EV
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Almeley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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