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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-C4F4A3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early post-medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I dating from AD1578. Mintmark plain cross. North 1997.
Obv: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Rev: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1578
Date to: Exactly AD 1578
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.2 mm
Weight: 2.67 g
Diameter: 27.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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 facing left with rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee dividing legend over square shield with date above
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: plain cross
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: Sedbergh
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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