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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-5BAC22
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver shilling of Elizabeth I, first issue, mint of London, initial mark: martlet (1560-1). On the obverse is a left facing bust, the legend reads: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA. On the reverse is a square shield on a long cross fourchee, legend: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1560
Date to: Exactly AD 1561
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.79 g
Diameter: 32.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 27th August 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Central Searchers, Alford, Lincs
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 528
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Shilling
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Shilling: Elizabeth I, 1558-1561 (N 1985)
Obverse description: Left facing bust.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield on a long cross fourchee.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: Martlet
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Alford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4476
Four figure Latitude: 53.261461
Four figure longitude: 0.157404
1:25K map: TF4476
1:10K map: TF47NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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