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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-F746AC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Post-Medieval groat of Mary (AD 1553-1558) dating to AD 1553-1554. The coin is damaged slightly on one side and is missing a portion of the legends. Obverse: crowned bust left, reverse: long cross fourcheé over royal shield.
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
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.63 g
Diameter: 23.3 mm
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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
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 [FRAZ H]IB REGI
Reverse description: Long cross fourcheé over royal shield
Reverse inscription: VERITAS TEMPORIS [FILIA]
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Thanet (District)
Parish or ward: Broadstairs and St. Peters (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR3668
Four figure Latitude: 51.3620083
Four figure longitude: 1.38867296
1:25K map: TR3668
1:10K map: TR36NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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