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Unique ID: WAW-66F767
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) minted in London between 1578 and 1580 AD. North No. 2001.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1578
Date to: Exactly AD 1580
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 14.39 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th October 2011
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, 1561-1582 (N 2001)
Obverse description: Bust facing left, crowned.
Obverse inscription: [E D] G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Plain shield.
Reverse inscription: CIVI / TAS / LON / DON
Initial mark: Plain cross (1578-1580).
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP3041
Four figure Latitude: 52.066565
Four figure longitude: -1.56378
1:25K map: SP3041
1:10K map: SP34SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | No. 2001 |