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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-AFE485
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver threepence of Elizabeth I. Issued 1575, with rose and date. Clipped.
Obverse: tall bust with ear showing facing left. Rose behind.
Reverse: sheild. 15/75. CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Spinks reference 2566.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1575
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.51 g
Diameter: 18 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: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threehalfpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 2000)
Obverse description: Tall bust, ear showing. Rose behind.
Reverse description: sheild. 15/75 above.
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Kimbolton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL1068
Four figure Latitude: 52.29911983
Four figure longitude: -0.38832445
1:25K map: TL1068
1:10K map: TL16NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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