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Unique ID: SF-DFA962
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, c.1583-1603. As North, 1975: no. 2016.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1583
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.94 g
Diameter: 16.73 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, two pellets behind head, all within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: E.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchee that divides the legend, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Escallop
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
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Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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