Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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Unique ID: NLM-EE91B1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1594
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.77 g
Diameter: 25.6 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2007
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Other reference: NLM11752
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1997, 2015, 2024 - 2031)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left with rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB’ D G ANG FR ET HIB REGI
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross fourchee with date above
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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