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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-23F338
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval coin, a silver threepence or half-groat of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603). Both sides unclear.
My thanks to Carl Savage for the identification.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.47 mm
Weight: 0.81 g
Diameter: 17.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 30th May 2020 - Saturday 30th May 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Silver: Elizabeth I, not further defined
Obverse description: Unclear
Obverse inscription: [E]LI[ZABETH...]
Reverse description: Unclear
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: North West Leicestershire (District)
To be known as: Heather
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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