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COIN
Unique ID: DENO-66FDD3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-Medieval coin; silver threepence of Elizabeth I, second issue, 1582. Clipped. Diameter 18.7mm, weight 1.21g.
Evidence of reuse: Clipped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1582
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.21 g
Diameter: 18.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st March 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E6887 C2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: Crowned bust of queen right [rose behind head]
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: long cross with Royal shield over, date above
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTORE[M MEV] / 1582
Initial mark: Sword
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Covington
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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