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Unique ID: GLO-C6AFA5
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Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I Date 1573 Diameter 26mm, weight 2.6g Obverse: crowned bust facing left rose behind Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REG]IN[A] Reverse: shield on long cross fourchée, 1573 Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV Mint: London Mint mark: Ermine
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1573
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.6 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Friday 1st November 2013
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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 rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REG]IN[A]
Reverse description: shield on long cross fourchée, 1573
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: ST4190
Four figure Latitude: 51.60573029
Four figure longitude: -2.85333891
1:25K map: ST4190
1:10K map: ST49SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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