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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-578CEB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy Elizabeth I halfpenny, sixth issue (S.2581; N.2018), c.1590-92, London mint.
Obverse: Portcullis with annulet above.
Reverse: long cross moline, three pellets in angles.
No inscription.
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 1590
Date to: Circa AD 1592
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.18 g
Diameter: 11 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfpenny: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2018)
Obverse description: Portcullis with annulet above.
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Long cross moline, three pellets in angles.
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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