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COIN

Unique ID: NARC-ABCC7D

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete silver Groat of Mary (1553-1554). Long cross reverse over squared royal shield. Pomegranate privy mark. London mint.

Diameter: 24.09mm, Thickness: 0.68mm, Weight: 2.0g

The coin is missing small portions of its outer flan.

North Vol II, P 126, No 1960.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1554

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.68 mm
Weight: 2 g
Diameter: 24.09 mm

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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 REGINA
Reverse description: Long cross fourchée dividing the legend over royal shield
Reverse inscription: VERITA/S TEM/PORIS/ FILIA
Initial mark: Pomegranate
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Stert (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0459
Four figure Latitude: 51.33008342
Four figure longitude: -1.94397454
1:25K map: SU0459
1:10K map: SU05NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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	126	1960

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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