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COIN
Unique ID: DUR-A8EE54
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted 1582.
North no. 1997.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1582
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.4 g
Diameter: 24.04 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010
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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
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGI
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over shield. date above shield, 1582
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV MEV ADIVTOREM
Initial mark: bell
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Pickering (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7686
Four figure Latitude: 54.264026
Four figure longitude: -0.834686
1:25K map: SE7686
1:10K map: SE78NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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