Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-DB47C1
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post-Medieval clipped halfgroat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). Initial mark: uncertain, probably third coinage dating to AD 1583-1603. Mint: Tower 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 1583
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.85 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 16.56 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
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, two pellets behind head.
Obverse inscription: E'. D'. G. ROSA [SINE] SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend.
Reverse inscription: CIVI [TAS LON] DON
Initial mark: uncertain, broadly circular in form
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SJ7202
Four figure Latitude: 52.61504426
Four figure longitude: -2.41497687
1:25K map: SJ7202
1:10K map: SJ70SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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