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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-C4C314
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver milled sixpence of Elizabeth I, (1558-1603).
Obv: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA; crowned bust left, rose behind.
Rev: POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM; square shield on long cross fourchee, 1562 above.
IM: Star. Bust C. 1562AD
North 2026.
Class: North 2026.
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 1562
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.88 mm
Weight: 3 g
Diameter: 26.05 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st September 1998
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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, Milled coinage, 1560-1571 (N 2024 - 2031)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, rose behind.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee, 1562 above.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM
Initial mark: Star.
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Tilney-all-Saints
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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