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Unique ID: SF-8697A1
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver penny of Elizabeth I, c.1558-1561 AD. As North, 1975: no. 1988.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1561
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.55 g
Diameter: 14.77 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2014
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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, 1558-1561 (N 1988)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: E.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchee that divides the legend, within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Cross crosslet
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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