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COIN
Unique ID: DEV-F5E80D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval silver groat of Mary (AD 1553-1558), dating to AD 1553-1554. Pomegranate initial mark. London mint. North (1991: 126) no. 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: 1.65 g
Diameter: 23.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 5th July 2017 - Wednesday 4th October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019346
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
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Mary, 1553-1554 (N 1960)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: MARIA (pomegranate) D G ANG FR Z hIB REGI
Reverse description: Square topped shield quartered by long cross fourchee dividing legend
Reverse inscription: VERITA/S (pomegranate) TEM/[PORI]S/ FILIA
Initial mark: Pomegranate
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: East Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Broad Clyst (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX9893
Four figure Latitude: 50.72763625
Four figure longitude: -3.44652933
1:25K map: SX9893
1:10K map: SX93NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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