Rights Holder: Sussex Archaeological Society
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Unique ID: SUSS-6A11B7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Notes:
Although milled Elizabethen coins are not rare in general they are very rare as detector finds, (c.1% of sixpences for example), perhaps suggesting they did not circulate as general coinage for very long.This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1562
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 2.96 g
Diameter: 25.6 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 12th December 2009
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, Milled coinage, 1560-1571 (N 2024 - 2031)
Obverse description: Crowned bust in ornate dress facing left with medium sized rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square topped shield over long cross fourchee with date, 1565, over shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI/ DEVM AD/IVTORE/M MEVM
Initial mark: Star
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.