Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-ECFB17
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Spink 5th Issue (1582-1600), dated to 1584 on reverse, mintmark A, Spink 2578A, North 2015
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1584
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 2.54 g
Diameter: 25.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 23rd April 2010 - Friday 23rd April 2010
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing left with rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB D G ANG FR ET HIB REGI
Reverse description: square shield on long cross fourchee with date 1584 above shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW9038
Four figure Latitude: 50.204674
Four figure longitude: -4.944222
1:25K map: SW9038
1:10K map: SW98SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 113, | No.2015 | |
Spink and Son Ltd | 2003 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 243, | No.2578A |