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Unique ID: WMID-BB9627
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete silver penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 to AD 1603), dating to the period AD 1589/90 - AD 1591/2. Minted at the Tower of London. Mintmark: Hand. C.f. North vol 2, no 2017.
Diameter: 13.9 mm
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.3 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1589
Date to: Circa AD 1591
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.3 g
Diameter: 13.9 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd January 2022 - Sunday 23rd January 2022
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, 1582-1603 (N 2017)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left.
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: square shield on long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: CIVI TAS LON DON
Initial mark: hand
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO6646
Four figure Latitude: 52.1112721
Four figure longitude: -2.4978954
1:25K map: SO6646
1:10K map: SO64NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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