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Unique ID: HAMP-08974D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) Second coinage dated to 1582. Sword initial mark, London (Tower) mint. As North (1991) No.1997.
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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 1582
Date to: Circa AD 1582
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.35 g
Diameter: 21 mm
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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 with rose behind head.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing legend and date above shield.
Reverse inscription: POSVI / [DEV] AD/IVTORE/M MEV
Initial mark: Sword
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Fyfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2946
Four figure Latitude: 51.21247249
Four figure longitude: -1.5862096
1:25K map: SU2946
1:10K map: SU24NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1960 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son |
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