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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-071006
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval silver coin. Shilling of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Heavily clipped. Initial mark illegible.
Obverse description: Bust facing left
Obverse inscription: Illegible/clipped
Reverse description: Long cross fourchée over shield.
Reverse inscription: Illegible/clipped
Diameter: 24.75 mm; Thickness: 0.77 mm; Weight: 3.31g
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 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.77 mm
Weight: 3.31 g
Diameter: 24.75 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 31st May 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1997, 2015, 2024 - 2031)
Obverse description: Bust facing left
Reverse description: Long cross fourchée over shield.
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hilmarton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0677
Four figure Latitude: 51.49191489
Four figure longitude: -1.91497012
1:25K map: SU0677
1:10K map: SU07NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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