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COIN
Unique ID: DUR-ADF40B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete silver groat of Mary I and Philip dating to the period AD 1554-1558. North number 1973.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1554
Date to: Exactly AD 1558
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 22.4 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Philip of Spain and Mary Tudor
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Philip and Mary, 1554-1558 (N 1973)
Obverse description: Worn left facing bust of Mary and Philip
Obverse inscription: PHILIP ET MARIA DG ...X ET REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchée
Reverse inscription: POSVI/MVS DE/...DIV/TO NO
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Brancepeth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ2437
Four figure Latitude: 54.72741972
Four figure longitude: -1.62886871
1:25K map: NZ2437
1:10K map: NZ23NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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