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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-C48D65
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, (1558-1603).
Obv: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA: crowned bust left with rose behind.
Rev: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV; cross fourchee over square shield, 1572 above.
IM: Ermine. 1572AD.
North no.1997
Class: North 1997.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1572
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.92 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Diameter: 24.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2002
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left with rose behind.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Cross fourchee over square shield, 1572 above.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: Ermine
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
To be known as: Naseby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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