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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-20A8DC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and incomplete silver post medieval groat of Elizabth I dating to the period AD 1558 - 1561 (First coinage). Tower mint. Uncertain initial mark. Cf. North, Vol. II, p. 133, no. 1986.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1558
Date to: Exactly AD 1561
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 21.61 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th June 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4499 3c
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1986, 2032)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Initial mark: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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