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COIN
Unique ID: BH-A4FE2B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I dating to the period AD 1583 to 1603. Mint of London. cf. North p. 113, no. 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: Circa AD 1583
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.88 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2017 - Wednesday 28th February 2018
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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, 1582-1603 (N 2016)
Obverse description: Bust left with two pellets behind
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield on cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Kelshall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL3137
Four figure Latitude: 52.01596975
Four figure longitude: -0.0924878
1:25K map: TL3137
1:10K map: TL33NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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