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COIN
Unique ID: WAW-3EFEF8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial mark: escallop, 1584-1587 (North 1991 2017).
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 1584
Date to: Exactly AD 1587
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 16.25 mm
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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, 1582-1603 (N 2017)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Escallop
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Great Witley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7566
Four figure Latitude: 52.291558
Four figure longitude: -2.367961
1:25K map: SO7566
1:10K map: SO76NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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