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COIN
Unique ID: SWYOR-444AA4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn, unidentified silver coin, possibly a threepence of Elizabeth I. It is 19.2mm in diameter and 0.8mm thick. It weighs 1.24gm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.24 g
Diameter: 19.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th July 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1663
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, not further defined (N 1998, 2033 - 2036)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: North Cave (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8832
Four figure Latitude: 53.776907
Four figure longitude: -0.666117
1:25K map: SE8832
1:10K map: SE83SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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