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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-5BB0C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Elizabeth I (1558-1603) silver half groat with damaged flan. Obverse heavilly worn, but probably crowned bust left with two pellets behind E D G ROS(A SINE SPINA). Reverse undated with hand mint mark and square shield on cross fourchee. (CIVITAS LON)DON. Third issue, Tower of London mint 1589-92.
Compares favourably to Spink 2579 / 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: Circa AD 1589
Date to: Circa AD 1592
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.2 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 15.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd June 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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 inscription: E D G ROS(A SINE SPINA)
Reverse inscription: (CIVITAS LON)DON
Initial mark: Hand
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ1939
Four figure Latitude: 51.13791411
Four figure longitude: -0.30043754
1:25K map: TQ1939
1:10K map: TQ13NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son | |||
| Spink and Son Ltd | 2001 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom | London | Spink and Son Ltd |
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