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COIN

Unique ID: CORN-9A8384

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Evidence of reuse: cut in half to produce smaller change

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1552
Date to: AD 1553

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.38 g
Diameter: 27 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2009 - Thursday 30th April 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Edward VI of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Edward VI, Fine silver, 1550-1553 (N 1938, 1939)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing with rose (missing) to left of head and VI to the right
Obverse inscription: EDWARD VI D G AGL [FRA Z HIB REX]
Reverse description: square shield on long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: [CIVITAS] EBORACI
Initial mark: pierced mullet
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine