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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-514EEC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-medieval coin. Silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Unclear mint mark/issue. The coin is very worn.
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription
Reverse inscription: CIVI/[TAS] LON/DON
Diameter 15.89 mm; Thickness: 0.77 mm; Weight: 0.83g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.77 mm
Weight: 0.83 g
Diameter: 15.89 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1988, 2001, 2017)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription
Reverse inscription: CIVI/[TAS] LON/DON
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Osgodby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0692
Four figure Latitude: 53.41416853
Four figure longitude: -0.40666279
1:25K map: TF0692
1:10K map: TF09SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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