Rights Holder: Durham County Council
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Unique ID: DUR-893724
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Silver sixpence, cut in half, of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) probably minted 1602.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1602
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.79 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 24.3 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sixpence
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, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: <p>Completely worn</p>
Obverse inscription: n/a
Reverse description: <p>Long cross over shield, date above
[16]02</p>
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE2687
Four figure Latitude: 54.277987
Four figure longitude: -1.602201
1:25K map: SE2687
1:10K map: SE28NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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