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COIN

Unique ID: KENT-D81A17

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Post-Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Second issue (AD 1561 - 1582), eglantine initial mark and dated 1574 on coin. As North (1991) p135, number 1998.

Measurements: Diameter: 20mm; weight: 1g.

Notes:

Finder's reference 1.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1574
Date to: Circa AD 1574

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 20 mm

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1998, 2033 - 2036)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, rose behind head.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG ANGL FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over shield. Date above shield 1574.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM M[EV]
Initial mark: eglantine
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Hothfield (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ9743
Four figure Latitude: 51.152342
Four figure longitude: 0.815496
1:25K map: TQ9743
1:10K map: TQ94SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
North, J.J.	1991	English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662	London	Spink and Son Ltd	page 135	No: 1998

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Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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