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COIN

Unique ID: KENT-33B395

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

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 1592
Date to: Circa AD 1592

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.8 g
Diameter: 22.2 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

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)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left with rose behind.
Obverse inscription: [+ELIZAB D G' ANG' FR ET HIB [REGI']
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee on royal shield surmounted by date '1592'
Reverse inscription: [+POSVI/DEV.'AD/IVTORE/M];MEV:]
Initial mark: illegible
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair