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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-1DD206
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver threepence of Elizabeth I, minted in London in 1564. Initial mark: pheon
North: 1998
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1564
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.75 g
Diameter: 18.2 mm
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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: London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1998, 2033 - 2036)
Obverse description: Heavily worn bust left
Obverse inscription: [ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HI REGINA]
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross fourchee date above shield 1564
Reverse inscription: POSV[I DEV ADIV]TOR[EM MEV]
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Ancaster
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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