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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-EA85AE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval gold halfcrown of Elizabeth I, 1598-1600.
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 1598
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.42 g
Diameter: 1.87 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 15-1175
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half crown
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Gold: Elizabeth I, 1583-1603 (N 2003 - 2011)
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH ANG FR ET HIB REGI'
Reverse inscription: SCVTVM FIDEI PROTEGET EAM
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Monk Sherborne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6155
Four figure Latitude: 51.2908745
Four figure longitude: -1.1265994
1:25K map: SU6155
1:10K map: SU65NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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