Rights Holder: Winchester Museums Service
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Unique ID: HAMP-6AB451
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn and slightly clipped late 16th-century silver post-medieval penny of Elizabeth I, third issue, London mint (1595-1598 AD; North 2017)
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1595
Date to: Exactly AD 1598
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.2 mm
Width: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.42 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003 - Friday 31st December 2004
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Other reference: E3273
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2017)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left
Obverse inscription: (Key) E. D. G.' ROSA . SI[NE] . SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend
Reverse inscription: [(Key) CIVI]/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Key
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU4728
Four figure Latitude: 51.049433
Four figure longitude: -1.330874
1:25K map: SU4728
1:10K map: SU42NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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