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Unique ID: LANCUM-DA58F3
Object type certainty: Certain
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Early Post Medieval hammered silver coin, a penny of Elizabeth I. Probably clipped. Initial mark is lost and the mint is London. Obverse depicts a bust facing left with no pellets in the ground and the legend reads as E D G ROSA SINE SPINA. The reverse is a long cross fourchee over square shield and the legend reads CIVI TAS LON DON. Dates to between 1558 and 1603 AD.
The diameter is 14mm and the weight 0.42g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1558
Date to: Exactly AD 1603
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.42 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th June 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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, not further defined (N 1988, 2001, 2017)
Obverse description: bust facing left with no pellets in the ground
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: long cross fourchee over square shield
Reverse inscription: CIVI TAS LON DON
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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