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COIN

Unique ID: HAMP-B3B720

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1570
Date to: Exactly AD 1579

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22.4 mm
Height: 3.25 mm
Width: 20.7 mm
Thickness: 0.35 mm
Weight: 1.27 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd April 2011

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: E3134

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)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left [with rose behind the head]
Obverse inscription: [ELI]Z[ABETH] D G [AN]G' FR'. ET . HIB [REGINA]
Reverse description: Square shield over a bifurcated long cross dividing the legend; date above shield '[15]7[...]'
Reverse inscription: [POSVI]/DEV. A[D/IV]TORE/M : MEVM ('I have made God my helper')
Initial mark: Indiscernible
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor