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Description: | Post-medieval silver hammered groat of Mary I dating from 1553-54, mm pomegranate (after first word of legend).I have examined 13 early post-medieval coins reported found in the Lancaster Area of Lancashire. They are official English silver coins, and will thus have a silver content of 92.5% fine metal - the sterling standard. A summary list of the coins follows (a more detailed catalogue is attached to this report).1 groat of Mary I (1553-1554)1 groat of Elizabeth I, first issue (1560-61)2 sixpences of Elizabeth I, second issue (1561 and 1571)4 threepences of Elizabeth I, second issue (1561, 1572 (x2) and 1578)1 sixpence of Elizabeth I, second issue (1581)1 shilling of Elizabeth I, third issue (1595-98)3 sixpences of Elizabeth I, third issue (1593 (x2), 1594)These coins are evidently a single group of material deposited on one occasion in the late 1590s or early 1600s, perhaps the loss of a purse. The coins of the hoard span almost the entire reign of two Tudor monarchs, Mary I (1553-54) and Elizabeth I (1558-1603) and four different denominations are present: 1 shilling, 2 groats, 6 sixpences and 4 threepences.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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