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COIN
Unique ID: BH-895096
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A heavily worn and clipped silver sixpence of Elizabeth I. Third issue coin, probably dated '1561'. This coin appears to have been deliberately folded and then unfolded.
Diameter: 20.6mm; thickness: 0.6mm; weight: 1.42g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1561
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.42 g
Diameter: 20.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/12 - 20
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: [Crowned bust left, rose in right field.]
Obverse inscription: [ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA]
Reverse description: Shield and long cross, '15-6(1)' above.
Reverse inscription: [POSVI/DEV AD/IVTORE/M MEV]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Ashwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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