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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-EF866F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Elizabeth I sixpence dating to 1579 AD. Initial mark is a plain cross. N 1998. The diameter is 25mm and the weight 3.02g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1579
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.02 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Initial mark: plain cross
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
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