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COIN
Unique ID: DENO-209F34
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A clipped, silver post-medieval halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Second coinage, dated 1569 (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: Exactly AD 1569
Date to: Exactly AD 1569
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.97 g
Diameter: 18.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st July 2019
Personal details
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E9051
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: Indiscernable
Obverse inscription: [ELIZABE]TH:[D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA]
Reverse description: Square Shield on Cross fourchee with date above.
Reverse inscription: [POSVI / DEVAD] / IV[TORE] / M.MEV
Initial mark: Coronet
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Broxtowe (District)
Parish or ward: Cossall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4842
Four figure Latitude: 52.97321255
Four figure longitude: -1.28666657
1:25K map: SK4842
1:10K map: SK44SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the 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 | 1999 |
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