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COIN
Unique ID: SF-71384A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, dating to the period AD 1602-3. Third issue. 2 initial mark.
North vol.II, 113, no.2017.
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 1602
Date to: Exactly AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.47 mm
Weight: 0.83 g
Diameter: 17.65 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
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 left
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield on a long cross fourchee dividing the legend
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: .2.
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Stowupland
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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