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Unique ID: WMID-CC121E
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver, Post Medieval, incomplete Groat of Mary I (AD 1553 - AD 1558), VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA reverse type depicting Long cross fourchee lying over the royal shield. This type dates to the period AD 1553 - AD 1554. Mint: London (probably). North vol 2, p 126, No. 1960.
Diameter: 24.5 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.5 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: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 24.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th August 2014 - Sunday 17th August 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 facing left.
Obverse inscription: MARIA D G AnG [ ]A Z HIB REGI
Reverse description: Long Cross Fourchee divides the legend and sits over the royal shield
Reverse inscription: VERITA/S[ ]M/PORIS/FILIA
Initial mark: -
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO8874
Four figure Latitude: 52.36391968
Four figure longitude: -2.17765001
1:25K map: SO8874
1:10K map: SO87SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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