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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-38FB23
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, 1600, London mint.
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 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 0.41 g
Diameter: 12.5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2x4x6
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: London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Elizabeth I, 1558-1561 (N 1987)
Obverse description: Left facing crowned bust with two pellets behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETHDGANGFRETHIBREGINA
Reverse description: Shield of arms, quartered by long cross
Reverse inscription: CIVITASLONDON
Initial mark: Latin cross
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Rutland
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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