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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-A27DE3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, Tower, hand initial mark, North 2015, bent, 1590
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 1590
Date to: Exactly AD 1590
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 21st July 2014 - Monday 15th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 52519
Other reference: NMD092014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Shilling
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, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Initial mark: hand
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Morley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0797
Four figure Latitude: 52.53151572
Four figure longitude: 1.05039668
1:25K map: TM0797
1:10K map: TM09NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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