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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-ABCFA7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Silver half penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), dating from AD 1580-1581. Long cross initial mark. North N2001.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1580
Date to: Circa AD 1581
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th September 2009
Rally details.
This object was found at West Hanney 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Tkt P617
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 2001)
Obverse description: Crowned, bust facing left within a beaded border.
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: Long cross
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: West Hanney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4092
Four figure Latitude: 51.625402
Four figure longitude: -1.423561
1:25K map: SU4092
1:10K map: SU49SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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