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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-C5F2F3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval halfgroat of Elizabeth I dating from AD1584-87. Initial mark is a escallop. North 2016
Obv: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA crowned bust left with two pellets behind
Rev: CIVITAS LONDON long cross fourchee over square shield
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1584
Date to: Exactly AD 1587
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th May 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2016)
Obverse description: crowned bust left with two pellets behind
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: long cross fourchee over square shield
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: escallop
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: Boston (District)
To be known as: Boston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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