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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-BFD504
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver post-medieval halfgroat of Elizabeth I dating to the period AD 1582-1583. Bell initial mark, Tower mint, North 2016.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1582
Date to: Exactly AD 1583
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.78 g
Diameter: 16.1 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5218
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: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2016)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left, two pellets behind bust
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Shield over cross moline
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Bell
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: New Forest (District)
To be known as: Breamore
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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