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Unique ID: DEV-C3BA16
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn and damaged silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, dating to the period 1561-1602.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1561
Date to: Exactly AD 1602
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 20 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 15th October 2010
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1997, 2015, 2024 - 2031)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, rose behind
Obverse inscription: Not recorded
Reverse description: Shield and long cross
Reverse inscription: Not recorded
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SX7642
Four figure Latitude: 50.26492314
Four figure longitude: -3.74114869
1:25K map: SX7642
1:10K map: SX72NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.