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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-EAD2E3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete groat of Mary Tudor dating from AD 1553-54.
Reverse: VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA.
North number 1960.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1554
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 23.14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2014
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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: Mary I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Mary, 1553-1554 (N 1960)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left.
Obverse inscription: MARIA D[ ]
Reverse description: Long cross over shield.
Reverse inscription: VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wirral (Metropolitan District)
District: Wirral (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Thurstaton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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