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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-E02276
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval silver half groat of Elizabeth I, Tower mint, 1558-1603.
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 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 8.5 g
Diameter: 17 mm
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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, not further defined (N 1987, 1999, 2016, 2037)
Obverse description: Left facing bust with three pellets (due to misstrike)
Obverse inscription: EDGROSASINESPINA
Reverse description: Shield quartered by long cross
Reverse inscription: CIVITASLONLON
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Markfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4809
Four figure Latitude: 52.67658416
Four figure longitude: -1.29150635
1:25K map: SK4809
1:10K map: SK40NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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