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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-604404
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval groat of Mary I dating from c. AD1553-54. North 1960. Mintmark: probably pomegranate.
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 left
Obverse inscription: MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REG[I]
Reverse description: long cross fourchee over royal shield
Reverse inscription: VERITA[S T]EMPORIS FILIA
Initial mark: pomegranate
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 1553
Date to: Exactly AD 1554
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 21 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 0854
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 left
Obverse inscription: MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REG[I]
Reverse description: long cross fourchee over royal shield
Reverse inscription: VERITA[S T]EMPORIS FILIA
Initial mark: pomegranate
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: Bedale
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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