Rights Holder: Sussex Archaeological Society
CC License:
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
Unique ID: SUSS-80FEB1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and damaged silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603 AD). Mint: London. Initial mark uncertain due to surface wear. There is too much damage to the coin to provide a full identification. However, the obverse depicts a crowned bust facing left with rosette behind head right; legend is illegible. The reverse depicts a square-top royal shield. North type uncertain due to missing initial mark; however, cf. North 1991 Vol II, No. 1988, 2001 and 2017, spanning First-Third Issues spanning her entire reign.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th October 2011
This information is restricted for your access level.
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1988, 2001, 2017)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left; rose behind head right.
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: Square-top royal shield over long cross.
Reverse inscription: [CIVI-TAS] [LO]N-DON
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TQ0804
Four figure Latitude: 50.825477
Four figure longitude: -0.467993
1:25K map: TQ0804
1:10K map: TQ00SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.