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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-F5B376
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver three pence of Elizabeth I dated to 1569.
Obverse: crowned bust facing left, rose behind ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse: shield with the royal coat of arms, 1569 above all divided by a long cross POSUI DEU ADIVTOREM MEU
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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 1569
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.18 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st September 2020 - Thursday 1st April 2021
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing left, rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: shield with the royal coat of arms, 1569 above all divided by a long cross
Reverse inscription: POSUI DEU ADIVTOREM MEU
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
Parish or ward: Maisemore (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8023
Four figure Latitude: 51.90517561
Four figure longitude: -2.29211536
1:25K map: SO8023
1:10K map: SO82SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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