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Unique ID: GLO-E656D1
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I
Date: c1560-1561
Diameter 24mm, weight 1.8g
Obverse: crowned bust facing left
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG ANG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse: shield on long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Mintmark: Cross Crosslet
Die axes: 2 o'clock
Condition: fair
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1560
Date to: Circa AD 1561
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.8 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Thursday 30th June 2011
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Other reference: 4594
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, not further defined (N 1997, 2015, 2024 - 2031)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing left
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG ANG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: shield on long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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