Rights Holder: Surrey County Council
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Unique ID: SUR-F41AB7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a sixpence of Elizabeth I, dated 1578.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1578
Date to: Circa AD 1578
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.33 g
Diameter: 24.55 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2011 - Tuesday 31st May 2011
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Other reference: 11-775
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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)
Reverse inscription: 1578
Initial mark: Greek Cross
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TR1759
Four figure Latitude: 51.288773
Four figure longitude: 1.11072
1:25K map: TR1759
1:10K map: TR15NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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