Rights Holder: Durham County Council
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Unique ID: DUR-87FB71
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy threepence of Elizabeth I dating to the period AD 1578 to 1580. North Number 1998.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1578
Date to: Exactly AD 1580
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 19.23 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: ELIZ....HI REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross fourchée.
Reverse inscription: ...MEV AD/IVTORE...
Initial mark: Plain cross
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE3771
Four figure Latitude: 54.13352126
Four figure longitude: -1.43523702
1:25K map: SE3771
1:10K map: SE37SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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