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Unique ID: BERK-66AC25
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
A silver Three Pence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603); date above the shield appears to read 1573.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1573
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.98 g
Diameter: 17.62 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th September 2010
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Other reference: Y364
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1998, 2033 - 2036)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left rose behind head
Obverse inscription: [ELIZA]BETH D G ANG FRA[...]
Reverse description: Square shield
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU4091
Four figure Latitude: 51.616412
Four figure longitude: -1.423675
1:25K map: SU4091
1:10K map: SU49SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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