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COIN
Unique ID: SOMDOR-80BBD1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 1560
Date to: Ante AD 1561
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.46 g
Diameter: 13.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 27th October 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Three halfpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Crowned bust, left
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA [SINE SPINA]
Reverse description: Cross fourchee on shield
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Cross crosslet
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Misterton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 133 | no. 1988 |
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