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Unique ID: LEIC-2E91F5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, 1565, London.
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1565
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 2.56 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th August 2008
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: left facing crowned bust with rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETHDGANGFRAETHIBREGINA
Reverse description: Royal crest quartered by long cross
Reverse inscription: POSVIDEVADIVTOREMMEV
Initial mark: Pheon
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK6617
Four figure Latitude: 52.746601
Four figure longitude: -1.023715
1:25K map: SK6617
1:10K map: SK61NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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