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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-1E2C65
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I
Date: c1581
Diameter 26mm, weight 2.68g
Obverse: crowned bust facing left with rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZA[BETH] DG ANG FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse: shield on long cross fourchee, 1581 above
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Mintmark: bell
Die axes: 9 o'clock
Condition: fair
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1581
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.68 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th January 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 3497
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing left with rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZA[BETH] DG ANG FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: shield on long cross fourchee, 1581 above
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
To be known as: Huntley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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