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COIN
Unique ID: SF-559702
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver hammered halfgroat of Elizabeth I, dating to 1573. Tower mint, initial mark: Eglatine. North 1999.
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 1573
Date to: Circa AD 1573
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 15.88 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st March 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, 1561-1582 (N 1999)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee quartering royal arms. date '1573' above
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Eglatine
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Bradfield St George
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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