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Unique ID: WAW-371390
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial mark: Cross crosslet, 1560-1561 AD, North 1988.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1560
Date to: Exactly AD 1561
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 13.4 mm
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Other reference: 4278
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, 1558-1561 (N 1988)
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: Cross crosslet
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO8737
Four figure Latitude: 52.031254
Four figure longitude: -2.190903
1:25K map: SO8737
1:10K map: SO83NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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