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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-07CDAD
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval silver Half Groat (second coinage) of James I (r.AD 1602-1625), c.AD 1618-1619. North number 2105/1.
Description: Initial mark: plain cross. Obverse shows rose with crown above, reverse is thistle with crown above. The coin has been bent, likely in antiquity and is slightly worn.
Dimensions: Diameter 16.40mm, thickness 0.72mm and weight 0.99g.
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 1618
Date to: Circa AD 1619
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.72 mm
Weight: 0.99 g
Diameter: 16.4 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: James I, 1604-1619 (N 2104 - 2105/2)
Obverse description: Rose with crown above
Obverse inscription: +I D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Thistle with crown above
Reverse inscription: +TUEATUR UNITA DEUS
Initial mark: Plain Cross
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Preston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR2559
Four figure Latitude: 51.28567145
Four figure longitude: 1.22526007
1:25K map: TR2559
1:10K map: TR25NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 |
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