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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-FC2236
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval silver half groat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), minted at London. The initial marks is impossible to determine, but the coin is from the third coinage (AD 1583-1603). (North 1991, pg 137, no. 2016)
Obverse: [E D G ROS]A SIN[E SP]INA (A rose without thorns); Very worn bust with one pellet still visible behind it.
Reverse: [CIVI/TAS]/LON/DON; Shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription.
Diameter: 16.15mm; thickness: 0.58mm; weight: 0.9g.
North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
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: Exactly AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.58 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 16.15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th July 2019
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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
Obverse description: Very worn bust with one pellet still visible behind it.
Obverse inscription: [E D G ROS]A SIN[E SP]INA
Reverse description: Shield over long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: [CIVI/TAS]/LON/DON
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Arun (District)
To be known as: Arun Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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