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Unique ID: WMID-ADC59F
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver, Post Medieval, groat, Mary I (AD 1553 to AD 1554), Mint: Tower (London). Privy mark: pomegranate. North, p 126, no 1960. Incomplete.
Diameter: 23.8 mm
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.0 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1554
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 23.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd March 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: [ ]ANG FRA Z [ ]
Reverse description: long cross fourchee over royal shield
Reverse inscription: VERITA/S TEM[ ]
Initial mark: unclear
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SJ5733
Four figure Latitude: 52.89271904
Four figure longitude: -2.64058178
1:25K map: SJ5733
1:10K map: SJ53SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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