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Unique ID: HESH-52E516
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver groat of Mary (1553-4) .The coin is very worn and the left half has been broken. A small number of letters in the legend are visible.
North: 1960
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1554
Quantity: 1
Width: 10.5 mm
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 22.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014 - Sunday 31st 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
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Mary, 1553-1554 (N 1960)
Obverse description: worn and abraded
Obverse inscription: [MARIA D G ANG F] RA [Z HIB REGINA]
Reverse description: worn and abraded
Reverse inscription: [VERITAS TEMPORIS FIL] IA
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | 126 | 1960 |