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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-FF4609
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver post medieval groat of Mary (1553-1554). Possible pomegranate privy mark. North 1991, 126, 1960.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1554
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.58 g
Diameter: 22.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 8th September 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: AYBCM 4560
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Groat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Mary I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Mary, 1553-1554 (N 1960)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: MARI[A] D G AN[G FRA Z HIB] REGI
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over royal shield
Reverse inscription: VERITAS TEM[PORIS] FILIA
Initial mark: Pomegranate
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Leckhampstead (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7337
Four figure Latitude: 52.02662031
Four figure longitude: -0.93744036
1:25K map: SP7337
1:10K map: SP73NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | 126 | 1960 |
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Object type: COIN
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A Post Medieval silver groat of Mary I (1553-1554) dating to 1553-1554 AD. Pomegranate privy mark, mint of London, North (1991, 126) 1960.
Workflow: Awaiting validation
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Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Silver groat of Mary (1553-1554); pomegranate privy mark; North, 1991, p.126 (no. 1960).
Workflow: Awaiting validation
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Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A Post Medieval silver Groat of Mary (1553-1554). Pomegranate privy mark. North number 1960.
Workflow: Awaiting validation
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