Rights Holder: National Museums Liverpool
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Unique ID: LVPL-438597
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver threepence of Elizabeth I, (1558-1603).
Obverse: ELIZABETH D G' ANG' FR' ET HI[B REGI]NA; crowned bust left, rose behind.
Reverse: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV; square shield with 1576 above, on long cross fourchee dividing the legend.
IM: Eglantine, 1574-1578AD.
North no. 1998.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1576
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 19.32 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st November 2011
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, rose behind.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G’ ANG’ FR’ ET HI[B REGI]NA
Reverse description: Square shield with 1576 above, on long cross fourchee dividing the legend.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: Eglantine
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.