Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-449E66
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1573
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 2.06 g
Diameter: 23.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 25th February 2008
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Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
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 a small rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH • D • G (ANG • F)R • ET (HIB REGINA)
Reverse description: 1573 over a square topped shield with a long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: POSVI – (DEUM AD) – IVTO(RE) – M (MEV)
Initial mark: ermine
Die axis measurement: 10 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. | 1975 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink & Son |