Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-8B01E5
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver halfgroat of James I (1603-1625), Third coinage (1619-1625), initial mark lis (1623-1624).
Cf. Spink (2014) p.272, no.2671.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1623
Date to: Circa AD 1624
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.76 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th October 2016 - Sunday 16th October 2016
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: James I, 1619-1625 (N 2127)
Obverse description: Crowned rose
Obverse inscription: I D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Crowned thistle
Reverse inscription: TVEATVR VNITA DEVS
Initial mark: lis
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW9975
Four figure Latitude: 50.5401434
Four figure longitude: -4.8380396
1:25K map: SW9975
1:10K map: SW95SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Spink and Son Ltd | 2014 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom, 49th edition | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 272 | no.2671 |