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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-0AE655
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I
Date c1567-1570
Diameter 25mm, weight 2.39g
Obverse: crowned bust left, rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D [G] ANG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse: shield on long cross fourchée
Reverse inscription: [POSVI] DE[V AD]IVTOREM MEV
Mint: London
Mint mark: coronet
Condition: poor
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1567
Date to: Circa AD 1570
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.39 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Friday 30th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 4907
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
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, not further defined (N 1997, 2015, 2024 - 2031)
Obverse description: crowned bust left, rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D [G] ANG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: shield on long cross fourchée
Reverse inscription: [POSVI] DE[V AD]IVTOREM MEV
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Oldbury-Upon-Severn
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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