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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-397746
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, London, 1581.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1581
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 2.86 g
Diameter: 26 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: left facing crowned bust rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Royal crest quartered by long cross date above 1581
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Clawson, Hose and Harby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7431
Four figure Latitude: 52.871396
Four figure longitude: -0.902061
1:25K map: SK7431
1:10K map: SK73SW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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