WILT-D70873: Post medieval: halfgroat, Elizabeth I

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Unique ID: WILT-D70873

Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I dating to AD 1587-1589/90. E D G ROSA SINE SPINA obverse depicting a crowned bust facing left with two pellets behind. CIVITAS LONDON reverse type depicting a square shield on a long cross fourchee. Crescent initial mark. Mint of London. North 2016 (North, JJ, 1991, English Hammered Coinage Volume 2, Spink & Son, London p 137, no 2016).

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 1587
Date to: Circa AD 1590

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.88 g
Diameter: 16.8 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 4952

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 with two pellets behind.
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield on cross fourchee.
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: Crescent
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
To be known as: Little Waldingfield

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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