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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-6C49F7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and heavily clipped Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I dated 1587. Crescent initial mark, London mint.
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 1587
Date to: Circa AD 1587
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 22.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd June 2021
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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
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Initial mark: Crescent
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
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: Buttermere (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3361
Four figure Latitude: 51.34712863
Four figure longitude: -1.52756574
1:25K map: SU3361
1:10K map: SU36SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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