Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-BBF9E3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver coin: a sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603); second issue (1561-1582); probably an unbarred A mintmark (1584). See North, volume 2, page 113, number 2015.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1584
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.98 mm
Weight: 2.54 g
Diameter: 25.7 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 9th September 2010 - Thursday 8th September 2011
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Other reference: PAS form number 1590
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, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB•D•G•ANG•FR•ET HIB•REGI
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee on square shield with date - 15/84 - above
Reverse inscription: (unbarred A) POSVI/DEV'AD/IVTORE/M MEV
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE3912
Four figure Latitude: 53.603119
Four figure longitude: -1.41211
1:25K map: SE3912
1:10K map: SE31SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 113, number 2015 |