Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-1B3334
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post Medieval coin: An incomplete struck / hammered silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603), minted in London between 1561 and 1583 AD.
Diameter: 13.97mm
Thickness: 1.2mm
Weight: 0.4 grams
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1561
Date to: Circa AD 1583
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 13.97 mm
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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, 1561-1582 (N 2001)
Obverse description: ?crowned head facing left
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: Shield with arms of England
Reverse inscription: CIVI TAS[ ]DON
Initial mark: unclear
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SJ9113
Four figure Latitude: 52.71458164
Four figure longitude: -2.1346643
1:25K map: SJ9113
1:10K map: SJ91SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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