COIN

Unique ID: SF-5AD3F2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1580
Date to: Circa AD 1580

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.22 g
Diameter: 24.63 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
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, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, rose behind head, all within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: +ELIZABETH:D:G:ANG:FR:[]GINA
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchee that divides the legend, the date 15/80 above, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: +POSVI/DEV:AD/IVTORE/M:MEV
Initial mark: Long cross
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock