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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-ED09F3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn silver post-medieval threepence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) dated 1564. Pheon initial mark, mint of London. North N1998. The obverse is worn clean and smooth and the reverse is very worn too.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1564
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 17.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 28th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2014.351
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
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: [ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET/Z REGINA]
Reverse description: Long cross fourchée over square shield. Date above shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI [DEV ADIVTOREM MEV] 1564
Initial mark: Pheon
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Wallingford area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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