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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-7AC4E7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A groat of Elizabeth I, 1559-1561. The coin is bent and slightly torn.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1559
Date to: Circa AD 1561
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.47 g
Diameter: 23.49 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th May 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 14-856
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Elizabeth I, 1558-1561 (N 1986)
Obverse inscription: [ELI]Z[ABETH DG] ANG FR [ET] HIB REG
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
Parish or ward: Laughton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5112
Four figure Latitude: 50.88775835
Four figure longitude: 0.14542255
1:25K map: TQ5112
1:10K map: TQ51SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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