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Description: | TREASURE CASE : 2005 T3784 Elizabethan coins. Their details are as follows.Elizabeth I (1558-1603)1. Threepence initial mark plain cross (1578-80), dated 1578 wt: 1.40g2. Halfgroat bell (1582/3-83) wt: 0.73g3. Halfgroat escallop (1584/5-87) wt: 0.98g4. Halfgroat key (1595/6-97/8) wt: 0.85gAs official silver coins of the period, they would have been made to the sterling standard, i.e. 92/5% fine metal. Together they had a face value in the late 16th century of ninepence, equivalent to something like £20 in modern terms.These coins are of good silver, and the main factor in deciding whether they count as Treasure under the terms of the Act is the issue of their deposition: where they deposited as a single group on one occasion or were they lost individually over a period of time. As they represent a group of similar denominations relatively close in date it seems to me, on balance, that the likelihood is that these coins were deposited on one occasion and that they do fulfil the established criteria of Treasure. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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