Rights Holder: Hampshire Cultural Trust
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Unique ID: HAMP-78CEA3
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-medieval halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), third coinage, tun or woolpack initial mark, Tower of London mint, dating to 1591-6. Reference: North 2016
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1591
Date to: Circa AD 1596
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.69 g
Diameter: 15.8 mm
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Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 490
Primary material: Silver
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
Type: Halfgroat: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2016)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, two pellets behind head.
Obverse inscription: E] D'.G'. R[OS]A SIN[E S]PINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend.
Reverse inscription: [C]IV[I TAS] L[ON D]ON
Initial mark: Tun or woolpack
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU4347
Four figure Latitude: 51.22058407
Four figure longitude: -1.38567241
1:25K map: SU4347
1:10K map: SU44NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | 2016 |