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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-C4B790
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Silver Post Medieval penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), unclear issue, London mint.
Extremely worn, broken in half.
Obverse: Crowned bust facing left. Inscription: [+ E .] D . G . [ROSA SINE SPINA]
Reverse: Quartered shield on top of long cross fouchee. Inscription unclear.
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 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11 mm
Width: 6 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.12 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Numismatic data
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Coin references
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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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