Rights Holder: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
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Unique ID: WILT-577EC5
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver post medieval halfgroat of Elizabeth I dating to the period AD 1591 - 1594. Third coinage. Tower mint. Cf. North Vol II, p. 137, 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 1591
Date to: Circa AD 1594
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.89 g
Diameter: 16.95 mm
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Other reference: SSWM 4516
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 facing left with two pellets behind
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSE SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Shield
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Tun
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU3033
Four figure Latitude: 51.0955283
Four figure longitude: -1.57297336
1:25K map: SU3033
1:10K map: SU33SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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