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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-71DCE5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver groat of Mary (AD 1553 - AD 1554) dating to the period AD 1553 - AD 1554. Long cross fourchee over the royal shield reverse. Pomegranate privy mark. Mint of London.
North vol 2, p.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
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
Diameter: 23.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT: E05545
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 D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over the royal shield
Reverse inscription: VERITA/S TEM/PORIS/FILIA
Initial mark: Pomegranate privy mark
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Welton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9726
Four figure Latitude: 53.72140026
Four figure longitude: -0.53147455
1:25K map: SE9726
1:10K map: SE92NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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