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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-B23270
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete and almost illegible silver groat of Mary. The reverse shows a long cross fourchee on a Royal Tudor shield with the partial legend [VERI]TA/[S]TE[MPORIS FILIA]. The obverse is blank. London mint. North 1960. AD 1553-1554.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1553
Date to: Exactly AD 1554
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 23.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd January 2011 - Sunday 23rd January 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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: illegible
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee on flat topped Royal Tudor shield
Reverse inscription: [VERI]TA/[S]TE[MPORIS FILIA]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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