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COIN

Unique ID: CORN-6DDBF5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Evidence of reuse: clipped

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1561
Date to: AD 1582

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 17.7 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 26th September 2006

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: crowned bust facing left with rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: square shield on long cross fourchée dividing legend with date above shield (too worn to make out)
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: too worn to make out