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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-FFD304
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver probable threepence of Elizabeth I, second issue, coronet initial mark, dated 1570 on coin. North: 1998
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1570
Date to: Circa AD 1570
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 19 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left, rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square topped shield, date 1570 above, over long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: POSVI/ DEV AD/VITORE/M. MEV
Initial mark: Coronet
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
Parish or ward: Newent (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7225
Four figure Latitude: 51.922811
Four figure longitude: -2.408559
1:25K map: SO7225
1:10K map: SO72NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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