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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-F429C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1579
Date to: Circa AD 1580
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
Diameter: 24.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2008
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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
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left with rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH.D:G:ANG:FR ET.HIB.REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV:ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: Plain cross
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
To be known as: Near Blyth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
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 | 132 | 1997 |
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