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COIN
Unique ID: DOR-DC9F94
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver half groat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) dating to 1558-1582. North 1999 or 1987.
Date: Post medieval.
Diameter: 18.16mm.
Thickness: 0.66mm.
Weight: 0.92g.
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 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1582
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.66 mm
Weight: 0.92 g
Diameter: 18.16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th October 2017
Rally details.
This object was found at Piddletrenthide 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: FRS/12
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, not further defined (N 1987, 1999, 2016, 2037)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Long cross fourchée over a royal shield
Reverse inscription: [POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM] MEV
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Piddletrenthide (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY7098
Four figure Latitude: 50.78079343
Four figure longitude: -2.42688847
1:25K map: SY7098
1:10K map: SY78NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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