NARC-A5B7E0: Post-medieval coin: hammered silver Elizabeth I

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COIN

Unique ID: NARC-A5B7E0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Post-medieval coin: silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (fifth issue), dated 1594. Reverse reads: POSUI DEUM ADJUTOREM MEUM ("I have made God my helper") North 2015.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1594

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 3.07 g
Diameter: 25 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2008 - Thursday 10th April 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB D G [AN]G FRA E[T HIB] REGINA
Reverse description: Shield on long cross fourchee, dividing legend
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEUM ADIVTOREM MEVM
Initial mark: Woolpack
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Helmdon (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP6043
Four figure Latitude: 52.08211353
Four figure longitude: -1.12583648
1:25K map: SP6043
1:10K map: SP64SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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	137	2015

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Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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