Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-0A9006
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver coin
Elizabeth I sixpence, London; privy mark: Castle & dated 1571
2.94g
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 1571
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 22nd June 2009 - Friday 3rd July 2009
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2009.169.2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
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, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Rhoose (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST0568
Four figure Latitude: 51.403045
Four figure longitude: -3.367106
1:25K map: ST0568
1:10K map: ST06NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: NMGW-E8C96B
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Post Medieval silver coin
Elizabeth I (1558-16036) sixpence, London
Privy mark: Castle and dated 1571
2.84g, some wear
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NMGW-FE482D
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Post medieval silver coin
Elizabeth I (1558-1603) sixpence, London
Privy mark: Castle and dated 1570
2.90g, worn
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: HESH-EA6AE2
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, dated 1571, initial mark: Castle.
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618