Rights Holder: National Museum Liverpool
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Unique ID: LVPL-46F286
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1582
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.69 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 17.95 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2009
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: Bust left, rose behind.
Obverse inscription: ELI[ZABETH]DG ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: 1582 over square shield cross fourchée dividing legend.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM
Initial mark: Sword
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.