Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
Category
Coins and medals
Date
1561 - 1603
Materials
Silver
Measurements
2.2 cm (dia)2 mm (w)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Bodiam Castle, East Sussex
NT 67460
Summary
Silver groat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) (16th century (not struck before 1561) Obverse; Arms of England and France and illegible letters (?D.F.) no rose behind bust. Reverse; square shield on cross fourchee
Provenance
Found by George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, in 1919-1920 during his excavations at Bodiam Castle (Curzon, Bodiam Castle, p99)