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Unique ID: WMID-946675
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A Post Medieval silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) Third Issue coinage (AD 1583-1603) Intial mark: Escallop dating to AD 1584-1587. Mint of London. North (1991) Vol 2.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 1584
Date to: Circa AD 1587
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.65 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 16.46 mm
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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 ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield with long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: escallop
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO6125
Four figure Latitude: 51.92214637
Four figure longitude: -2.56850437
1:25K map: SO6125
1:10K map: SO62NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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