Rights Holder: Somerset County Council
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Unique ID: SOMDOR-7FF561
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1571
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.07 g
Diameter: 24.6 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 4th September 2006
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Other reference: Entry 021563
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Bust, left with rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G [ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA]
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend
Reverse inscription: [POSUI DEV AD]IVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: [Castle]
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 134 | no. 1997 |