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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-FEF025
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A base silver sixpence of Elizabeth I. With rose and date. Dated 1567. Third and Fourth issue. The coin is in poor condition, with much detail obscured.
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 1567
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.93 g
Diameter: 26 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
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, not further defined (N 1997, 2015, 2024 - 2031)
Obverse description: Bust left. Rose behind.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH[ ]
Reverse description: Shield. date above (1567)
Reverse inscription: [ ]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Canons Ashby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5751
Four figure Latitude: 52.15434645
Four figure longitude: -1.16827312
1:25K map: SP5751
1:10K map: SP55SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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